Joe Biden praised Amy Klobuchar’s “courage and determination” on Thursday
US Senator Amy Klobuchar effectively pulled out of the competition to run for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday, saying that she believed the historic moment required choosing a woman of color.
“Now is the time to put a woman of color on this ticket, and there are so many incredible women qualified,” she said in an interview with MSNBC. “If you want to heal this nation right now – my party, yes, but our nation – it’s certainly a hell of a way to do it.”
Biden, who will face Republican President Donald Trump in the November 3 elections, is under pressure to choose a black woman as her understudy as racial tensions erupt over cases of police violence, including videotaped death this month the last of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, after a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on the neck for several minutes.
Klobuchar’s file as a Minnesota County chief prosecutor which includes Minneapolis, where Floyd died, has been reviewed. Some Democrats have challenged his file on police misconduct and other prosecutions.
Klobuchar, who competed against Biden for the party’s presidential nomination before approving it, said she spoke to Biden on Wednesday evening.
Biden on Thursday evening praised Klobuchar’s “courage and determination” on Twitter and said “with your help we will beat Donald Trump”.
Biden has already promised to choose a woman as a running mate, and several black candidates are on his shortlist, including Senator Kamala Harris and Representative Val Demings. He also considered candidates from other backgrounds, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is white.
Some African American leaders and activists have said that a black woman on the ticket would help demonstrate to black voters, a crucial component of the democratic base, that Biden is committed to solving problems such as criminal justice reform. and police misconduct.
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