In an interview with CBS' “60 Minutes'' that aired on Monday, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris said that President Joe Biden should resign and support her and not go through the primary. answered the question whether is best for democracy. Biden said he would “put my country before myself.” I am proud to have been selected as the Democratic Party's candidate with the support of the majority of delegates. ”
“60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker asked, “Was it most helpful to democracy for President Biden to resign and basically pass the nomination?” We didn't have to go through the initial process and we didn't have to compete against other candidates, but that wasn't really how our system was intended to work. ”
“President Biden has made a decision, which I think history has rarely shown among leaders, to put the country before himself, and I believe that a majority of the delegates I am proud to have been elected as the Democratic Party's nominee, and I am proud to support our nation's leaders from all backgrounds and walks of life who will fight for our democracy in this election and over the next month. I am proud to have the support of
Whittaker then said, “But I think this truncated process is why people think or say they don't really know who you are.”
Harris replied: “Look, I've been in this race for 70 days. It's a short period of time, no doubt, and it's what I've been doing as I travel around our country from one state to the next, and from the next state to the next. It's my responsibility to get the votes, and I'm going to work hard to do that.”
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