Two of the final holdouts of potential replacements for President Joe Biden on the Democrat ticket in the November election, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, threw their support on Monday behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee, ABC News reported.
"I am fired up to endorse Kamala Harris for the president of the United States," Whitmer posted to X on Monday, adding that she has "my full support."
Whitmer stressed that "in Vice President Harris, Michigan voters have a presidential candidate they can count on to focus on lowering their costs, restoring their freedoms, bringing jobs and supply chains back home from overseas, and building an economy that works for working people. She's a former prosecutor, a champion for reproductive freedom, and I know that she's got Michigan's back."
Whitmer said Harris is a "stark contrast to Donald Trump, a convicted felon who stokes violence, overturned Roe, attacked our auto industry which hardworking families depend on, left office after losing 100,000 manufacturing jobs, and drove our economy into the ground last time he was in the White House."
Pritzker wrote on X on Monday: "I am proud to endorse Vice President @KamalaHarris for president of the United States."
He said that "Harris has proven, at every point in her career, that she possesses the skills, strength, and character to lead this country and the vision to better the lives of all Americans," adding that she is "a champion of the American values we hold dear. She represents our party's best chance to defeat Donald Trump in November, and I will work my heart out to help her do that."
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