Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, then a senatrix from California former 2020 Dem presidential hopeful, and Joe Biden's wing nut...
on Monday won the crucial backing of Democratic heavyweight Nancy
San Fran NanPelosi
Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments...
to lead the party against Donald Trump
...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania...
in November after Joe
The Big GuyBiden
...46th president of the U.S. Too old and senile to be prosecuted, not too old and senile to set national policy...'s stunning exit from the 2024 race.
As the endorsements stacked up, the 59-year-old Harris made her first public appearance since Biden's announcement in a ceremony at the White House where she warmly praised the outgoing president's "unmatched" achievements.
But while she steered away from any triumphalism, Harris will now feel she has one hand on the prize after securing former US House speaker Pelosi's support.
"With immense pride and limitless optimism for our country's future, I endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States," Pelosi, 84, said on X.
"I have full confidence that she will lead us to victory in November."
A flood of Democratic leaders have backed Harris as the party's new candidate, building momentum for a lightning-fast coronation despite some calls to show transparency with an open primary.
Biden, 81, endorsed Harris -- who is the first female, Black and South Asian vice president in US history -- as he dropped out of the race on Sunday in the culmination of a crisis triggered by a disastrous performance at a debate with Trump.
Then came endorsements from former president Bill Clinton
...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of the word
is...
and a host of politicians, but notably ex-president Barack Obama
My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it...
has held off so far.