Chuck Schumer Emphatically Endorses VP Harris, Says Dems Are 'Stronger And More United Than Ever'

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) endorses Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic presidential nominee.

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00:00Okay, good afternoon everybody. Now today is a great, great day for the Democratic Party

00:08and the country. Vice President Harris will soon be our nominee and will be elected president

00:14in November. We are brimming with excitement, enthusiasm, unity. On Sunday, President Biden

00:24showed the world what a great man he is. His true patriotism, his profound sense of decency

00:31came shining through. We all know it was not an easy decision for him. But just as he has

00:38done in his entire life, President Biden's selfless decision not to seek the nomination

00:46put our country, our party, and our future first. At his core, he's just an honorable

00:52man, a family man, a man of deep faith. We love him. We truly do. I'll have more to say

01:01on President Biden later this afternoon in my floor speech. But President Biden's selfless

01:09decision has given the Democratic Party the opportunity to unite behind a new nominee

01:16and boy, oh boy, are we enthusiastic. Since President Biden's announcement, we've seen

01:22the Democratic Party swiftly coalesce behind Vice President Kamala Harris. When I spoke

01:32with her Sunday, she said she wanted the opportunity to win the nomination on her own and to do

01:39so from the grassroots up, not top down. We deeply respected that, Hakeem and I did.

01:48She said she would work to earn the support of our party and boy, has she done so in quick

01:54order. Vice President Harris has done a truly impressive job securing the majority of delegates

02:01needed to win the Democratic Party's nomination to be our next president to the United States.

02:08The vast majority of my senators quickly and enthusiastically endorsed her. So now

02:14that the process has played out from the grassroots bottom up, we are here today to throw our

02:21support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. I'm clapping. You don't have to. It's a happy

02:32day. What can I say? Together, we will keep and hopefully grow the Senate majority and

02:41under future Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, we will win back the House. Democrats are moving forward

02:48stronger and more united than ever before. In just the last 36 hours, I have seen a surge

02:56of enthusiasm from every corner of our party uniting behind Vice President Harris. An enthusiasm

03:04felt in every corner of the country and it's contagious among Democrats. The volunteers,

03:10the small contributions, they're just pouring in in ways even beyond our expectations. Now

03:17we all know that Vice President Harris has a tremendous record to run on and now begins

03:24the next chapter in our quest to make sure Donald Trump does not become president. Today

03:32with one voice, we speak about the dangers he presents to working families, to our country

03:39and to our democracy. We see very clearly how nervous the Republicans are about our

03:46new nominee. Well, they ain't seen nothing yet. Last night, Vice President Harris secured

03:52a majority of delegates. Today in Wisconsin and across America, we begin our next chapter

03:59and it will be our best yet. Vice President Harris will beat Donald Trump and become the

04:06next president of the United States of America. Applause. Hakeem.

Chuck Schumer Emphatically Endorses VP Harris, Says Dems Are 'Stronger And More United Than Ever'

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