THAT BREAKING NEWS IS IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DROPPING OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE FOLLOWING HIS POOR DEBATE PERFORMANCE NEARLY A MONTH AGO. DOZENS OF LAWMAKERS AND BIG DONORS HAVE BEEN CALLING ON HIM TO STEP ASIDE. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT DECISION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WRITING IN PART, MY FELLOW DEMOCRATS, I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION AND TO FOCUS ALL MY ENERGIES ON MY DUTIES AS PRESIDENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TERM, WHICH IS ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT FIVE. I’M EDIE LAMBERT AND I’M ANDREA FLORES. THOSE WHO CALLED ON HIM TO STEP ASIDE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S ABILITY TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. KCRA 3 HOUSE, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAYLA NORWOOD IS LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. SO, CAITLIN, THIS IS A MAJOR SHAKEUP IN THE RACE. YEAH. EDIE AND ANDREA, YOU’RE RIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN HEEDING THE GROWING CALLS TO STEP ASIDE, FORMALLY ENDING HIS BID FOR REELECTION TODAY. AND HE ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO TAKE HIS PLACE. MAJOR SHAKEUP IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DROPPING HIS BID JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE HIS EXPECTED NOMINATION AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. BIDEN POSTED A STATEMENT ON X, FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SAYING, QUOTE, WHILE IT HAS BEEN MY INTENTION TO SEEK REELECTION, I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY PARTY AND THE COUNTRY FOR ME TO STAND DOWN AND TO FOCUS SOLELY ON FULFILLING MY DUTIES AS PRESIDENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TERM. THIS COMES AFTER FACING DAILY PRESSURE FROM MEMBERS WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY TO END HIS BID. AMID. CONCERNS ABOUT HIS CANDIDACY. FOLLOWING A POOR DEBATE PERFORMANCE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, BIDEN NOW BACKING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO BE THE NOMINEE OF THE PARTY, OFFERING HIS FULL SUPPORT, SAYING, QUOTE, DEMOCRATS, IT’S TIME TO COME TOGETHER AND BEAT TRUMP. LET’S DO THIS. THAT WOULD BE A HISTORIC NOMINATION MAKING HARRIS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO LEAD A MAJOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, HARRIS SAYING IN A STATEMENT SHE’S HONORED TO HAVE BIDEN’S ENDORSEMENT, WILL WORK TO EARN AND WIN THIS NOMINATION, AND WILL DO EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO UNITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND UNITE OUR NATION. WELL, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE’LL SPEAK MORE LATER THIS WEEK, WHERE HE EXPECTED TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT DECISION. ANDREA. SO, CAITLIN, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM REPUBLICANS ABOUT ALL OF THIS? ANDREA. MANY REPUBLICANS CRITICIZING THIS DECISION, SAYING IT INVALIDATES THE VOTES OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO VOTED FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, GOING AS FAR AS TO SAY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD RESIGN IMMEDIATELY, SAYING IF HE’S NOT FIT TO RUN, HE’S NOT FIT TO SERVE. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, CAITLIN, THANK YOU. AND WE’LL ACTUALLY BE TALKING TO A PROFESSOR ABOUT EXACTLY THAT ISSUE. AND WE ARE ALSO JUST LEARNING THAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS FORMALLY TAKING OVER THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT. SHE’S THE ONLY PERSON WHO LEGALLY CAN. NOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS OUT THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN AMENDED THE FILINGS WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION. YOU CAN SEE THAT DOCUMENT RIGHT THERE, SIGNED AND DATED TODAY. THE CAMPAIGN ALSO FILED A LETTER STATING THAT HARRIS IS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT HAD NEARLY $96 MILLION CASH IN HAND AT THE END OF LAST MONTH. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET WILL BE FORMALLY NOMINATED NEXT MONTH AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO. OBVIOUSLY, THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS DONALD TRUMP, AND HE REACTED TODAY ON ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL PAGE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT CITED THE DEBATE AS A BIG MOMENT IN JOE BIDEN’S DEMISE. HE GOES ON TO SAY, QUOTE, THAT WAS THE POINT IN TIME WHEN JOE WAS REVEALED FOR WHAT HE IS AN INCOMPETENT MAN WHO SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT. JOE BIDEN IS NOT FIT TO SERVE. TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE, SENATOR JD VANCE, ALSO RELEASED A STATEMENT FOLLOWING BIDEN’S EXIT FROM THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT. HE SAYS, QUOTE, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I ARE READY TO SAVE AMERICA. WHO’S WHOEVER’S AT THE TOP OF THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, BRING IT ON. AND GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY SAYING, QUOTE, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY MAKING PRESIDENT A LEADER WHO HAS FOUGHT HARD FOR PEOPLE WORKING AND DELIVERING ASTONISHING RESULTS FOR ALL AMERICANS. GOVERNOR NEWSOM ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MOMENTS AGO. HE SAYS SHE’S TOUGH, FEARLESS AND TENACIOUS, ADDING, QUOTE, WITH OUR DEMOCRACY AT STAKE AND OUR FUTURE ON THE LINE, NO ONE IS BETTER TO PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP’S DARK VISION AND GUIDE OUR COUNTRY IN A HEALTHIER DIRECTION THAN AMERICA’S VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. WE’VE ALSO LEARNED NEWSOM CANCELED HIS APPEARANCE TOMORROW AT THE US NINTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO. ORGANIZERS HAVE NOT SAID WHY HE CANCELED. AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, VOTERS ARE ALSO REACTING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT. YEAH, SOME EXPRESSED SURPRISE. OTHERS SAY THEY SAW IT COMING AND MANY ARE TRYING TO PROCESS THIS NEWS AND WONDERING WHAT MAY HAPPEN NEXT. I DON’T THINK SHE HAS ANY CHANCE, AND I THINK THAT WAS A HORRIBLE DECISION ON BIDEN’S PART. HE’LL BE A LONG, HARD ROAD FOR THE DEMOCRATS THIS TIME AROUND. BUT ANYWAY, IT’S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. BUT, UH, I VOTED FOR HIM THE LAST TIME, SO WE’LL SEE WHO TAKES HIS PLACE AND WE’LL MAKE UP OUR MINDS. HONESTLY, KIND OF INDIFFERENT, BUT IF I HAD TO BE A LITTLE HONEST, BASED ON WHAT I DO KNOW AND WHAT I’VE SEEN BASED ON JOE BIDEN’S LIKE, STATE OF MIND, PROBABLY THINK IT’S FOR THE BEST. WE WANT TO BRING IN OUR POLITICAL ANALYST AND FORMER POLITICAL REPORTER KEVIN RIGGS NOW. AND AT THIS POINT, IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE PARTY IS COALESCING BEHIND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, SOON TO BE THE MAYBE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. DO YOU SEE ANY COMPETITION FOR HER AT THIS POINT? WELL, THE NOMINATION IS NOT AUTOMATIC, OF COURSE, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, FROM WHAT I SEE, IT’S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE ANY KIND OF MEANINGFUL OPPOSITION AT THIS POINT. SHE HAS SEVERAL KEY ADVANTAGES. SHE’S ALREADY RUN ON A NATIONAL TICKET. SHE HAS NAME ID AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, SHE CAN ALSO INHERIT THAT SIZABLE WAR CHEST THAT THE BIDEN TEAM HAS ALREADY PUT TOGETHER. SO THOSE ARE ALL REASONS THAT THAT SHE IS LIKELY NOT TO RECEIVE ANY, ANY SERIOUS OPPOSITION. THE OTHER THING I THINK ABOUT IS, GIVEN THE CHAOS OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS, HOW MANY DELEGATES GOING TO CHICAGO ARE GOING TO HAVE THE STOMACH FOR A BLOODY FLOOR FIGHT, THE KIND OF THING WE HAVEN’T SEEN IN DECADES? SO COULD THERE BE A CHALLENGE? OF COURSE. IT’S THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. BUT SOMEHOW OR OTHER, I DON’T THINK SO. ALL RIGHT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHO’S ON THE SHORT LIST TO BE HER RUNNING MATE. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF FACTORS WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING AT A CAMPAIGN IN THE CHOICE FOR A VP AS A RUNNING MATE? IF IF HARRIS IS THE NOMINEE, SHE’S GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR A VP THAT, SIMPLY PUT, BALANCES THE TICKET. THAT IS THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF THE VP. SO SHE’S GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO CAN BALANCE THE TICKET, BOTH GEOGRAPHICALLY AND POLITICALLY. SO SHE’S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT KEY SWING STATES. THAT’S WHY GOVERNOR SHAPIRO’S NAME APPEARS SO OFTEN. SHE MAY WANT TO LOOK FOR A DEMOCRAT WHO DOES VERY WELL IN A REPUBLICAN STATE, LIKE ANDY BESHEAR OF KENTUCKY. SHE MAY LOOK AT GOVERNOR RON COOPER OF NORTH CAROLINA TO SHORE UP SUPPORT IN THE SOUTH. SO THOSE ARE ALL FACTORS GOING INTO THE PICK OF A VP. AND I JUST WILL TELL YOU BOTH TO TO DO AWAY WITH ANY KIND OF INTERESTING SPECULATION. SHE WILL NOT CHOOSE GAVIN NEWSOM AS HER RUNNING MATE, NUMBER ONE ON ALL CALIFORNIA TICKET WOULD BE TOXIC ON A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LEVEL, AND SECONDLY, SHE COULDN’T DO IT ANYWAY. UNDER THE 12TH AMENDMENT, THE ELECTORS AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CANNOT VOTE FOR BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FROM THE SAME PARTY, SO COULDN’T HAPPEN ANYWAY FROM THE SAME STATE. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. SO OBVIOUSLY I THINK REALLY EVER SINCE THE DEBATE, WE’VE SEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN KIND OF SHARPEN THE ATTACKS AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, ANTICIPATING THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING NOW AFTER THIS DRAMATIC SHIFT TODAY IN TERMS OF CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES ON BOTH SIDES? WELL, THE DONALD TRUMP CLEARLY WANTED TO TAKE ON KAMALA HARRIS. HE WAS REALLY IN MANY RESPECTS, HOPING THAT SHE WOULD BE THE OPPONENT. SO HE IS GOING TO GO AFTER HER PRETTY HEAVILY ON A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT HE WOULD HAVE ATTACKED. PRESIDENT BIDEN ON IMMIGRATION, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS A BIG PART OF HER PORTFOLIO AS VP. SO THAT’LL BE A BIG PART OF HIS ATTACK. HE ALSO WILL GO AFTER THE FACT THAT SHE RAN A FAIRLY POOR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BACK IN 2020. YOU’LL RECALL, SHE ANNOUNCED FOR PRESIDENT IN OAKLAND IN 2019, TEN MONTHS LATER, SHE FOLDED HER CAMPAIGN. HE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN HER CASE, SHE’S OBVIOUSLY GOT STRONG APPEAL TO WOMEN VOTERS, TO BLACK VOTERS, WHICH ARE KEY IMPORTANT VOTING GROUPS FOR THE DEMOCRATS. SO SHE’LL HAVE TO FOCUS ON THAT. BUT IT’S A THREE MONTH SPRINT FOR HER IN PARTICULAR. IF SHE’S THE NOMINEE AND THAT MEANS SHE’S GOING TO BE TESTED LIKE NEVER BEFORE. IT’S A LOT TO GET DONE AND LIKE YOU SAID, A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME RIGHT? SO DO WE EXPECT TO SEE A DEBATE BETWEEN MR. TRUMP AND KAMALA? THAT’S INTERESTING. I THINK PROBABLY AT THIS POINT DONALD TRUMP IS ON SUCH A ROLL THAT AND IS FEELING SO CONFIDENT THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF A DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. I THINK HE FEELS PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT. I THINK KAMALA HARRIS AND HER BACKGROUND AS A PROSECUTOR PROBABLY WOULD DO A REALLY GOOD JOB IN A DEBATE. IT MIGHT SURPRISE. I THINK THOSE WHO MIGHT SELL HER SHORT IN THAT REGARD. SO I IF I HAD TO GUESS, I THINK THERE PROBABLY WILL BE AT LEAST ONE DEBATE. YEAH, I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET SHE IS A FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THAT’S RIGHT. AND HAD THAT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO. UM, OKAY. SO I’M JUST BEING TOLD WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL CHECK BACK WITH YOU IN OUR 6:00 HOUR. AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE. YOU BET. THANK YOU FOR THE INSIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THE CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS CALLING FOR UNITY IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT, RUSTY HICKS SAYING, QUOTE, NOW IT IS TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO UNITE AROUND OUR COMMON CALLING, DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP, RETAKING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND PRESERVING OUR DEMOCRACY. AND THE CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY RELEASED THIS STATEMENT READING IN PART, REPUBLICANS ARE UNITED BEHIND PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WILL BE READY FOR WHOEVER THE DEMOCRATS DECIDE IS THEIR BEST BAD OPTION TO SUPPORT RIGHT NOW ON OUR KCRA NEWS APP, WE HAVE MORE REACTION FROM CALIFORNIA POLITICIANS. YOU CAN READ THAT REACTION BY SCANNING THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. OR YOU CAN JUST GO DIRECTLY TO KCRA.COM AND INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F KENNEDY JR SPOKE TO REPORTERS. JUST HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED THAT HE’S DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE DURING THE SPEECH, HE REINFORCED THAT HE STILL BELIEVES HE IS THE BEST PRESIDENTIAL OPTION FOR AMERICANS. WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN STOP FEEDING INTO THE VITRIOL, STOP FEEDING INTO THE ANGER, STOP FEEDING INTO THE MARGINALIZATION, THE POLARIZATION. AND WHO CAN FIND THOSE VALUES THAT BRING AMERICANS TOGETHER? RFK JR DROPPED HIS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BID LAST YEAR AND LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN AS AN INDEPENDENT AND UC DAVIS POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR JAMES ADAMS JOINS US NOW. HIS WORK FOCUSES ON ANALYZING ELECTION STRATEGIES, CROSS PARTY HOSTILITY AND DISTRUST IN GOVERNMENT, AND WE WANT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO WE WANT TO START FIRST WITH THE STRATEGY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WHERE DO THE DEMOCRATS START AT THIS POINT WITH THIS CHANGE AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, JUST ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION, AS WE JUST HEARD FROM KEVIN RIGGS, IT’S GOING TO BE A SPRINT, RIGHT? WELL, WE’RE IN VERY UNCHARTED TERRITORY. UM, AND THE FIRST QUESTION CLEARLY IS GOING TO BE, WILL THERE BE A CONTESTED PROCESS FOR WHO REPLACES A PRESIDENT BIDEN AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE? KAMALA HARRIS HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL BE A CANDIDATE TO REPLACE PRESIDENT BIDEN. UM, GAVIN NEWSOM HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS THROWING HIS SUPPORT BEHIND KAMALA HARRIS. WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR PLAYERS FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UH, JOE MANCHIN HAS, UH, MADE NOISES ABOUT HOW HE MIGHT POSSIBLY THROW HIS HAT IN THE RING. WE DON’T KNOW, FOR CERTAIN ABOUT GRETCHEN WHITMER, JOSH SHAPIRO, AND SOME OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES. ALTHOUGH EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THEY’RE NOT GOING TO RUN. SO QUESTION NUMBER ONE WILL BE WILL THERE BE A CONTESTED PROCESS IF THERE IS? QUESTION TWO, OF COURSE, IS WHO WILL THE DEMOCRATS ULTIMATELY PICK? AND A CRUCIAL ELEMENT GOING FORWARD WILL BE CAN THE DEMOCRATS PICK A CANDIDATE WHILE REMAINING UNIFIED? AS YOU MENTIONED, IT’S A VERY SHORT TIME UNTIL ELECTION DAY. AND IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SEEN AS HAVING A SOMEWHAT CHAOTIC AND DIVIDED PROCESS, THAT WILL SURELY WEAKEN WHATEVER CANDIDATE THEY EVENTUALLY SELECT, I WOULD SIMPLY MENTION ONE KEY UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT, UH, WHICH IS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT’S VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO’S CHOSEN IS JUST HOW EFFECTIVE THAT PERSON WILL BE WHEN THEY MAKE THE CASE FOR THEMSELVES TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HISTORY IS LITTERED WITH, UH, PEOPLE WHO LOOKED ON PAPER AS IF THEY WOULD BE TERRIFIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LIKE RICK PERRY, RUDY GIULIANI, AND JEB BUSH. BUT WHO, WHEN IT EXPOSED TO THE GLARE OF THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT, TURNED OUT TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE. CAMPAIGNERS THAN MANY EXPECTED. SO THERE’S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. AND A LOT OF HOSTILITY. AND I KNOW THAT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU LOOK AT BETWEEN THE PARTIES. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR RIGHT NOW AND EXPECTING THE ATTACKS TO LOOK LIKE ON BOTH SIDES? WELL, I THINK A KEY QUESTION HERE IS WHETHER THE POLITICIANS ON BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN SIDE WILL BEGIN TO DIAL BACK SOME OF THEIR MORE HOSTILE AND FRANKLY, RECKLESS ATTACKS OF COURSE, WE’RE JUST ONE WEEKEND REMOVED FROM THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND THERE WAS SOME TALK IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS. AND INDEED, PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE A NATIONAL NATIONALLY TELEVISED SPEECH WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIALING BACK ON THESE ATTACKS AND TREATING OUR POLITICAL OPPONENTS AS IF THEY’RE OPPONENTS, BUT NOT OUR ENEMY. WE’LL SEE WHETHER THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS OR NOT. UH, PRESIDENT TRUMP, DURING THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF HIS, UH, ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, DID APPEAR TO BE DIALING BACK HIS ATTACKS. SINCE THEN, HIS RHETORIC HAS REVERTED TO SOMETHING MORE LIKE WHAT WE’VE SEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I’LL BE LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT THAT ON BOTH SIDES. AND AS SOMEONE WHO STUDIES POLITICAL ANGER AND DISTRUST AND HOSTILITY ACROSS PARTY LINES, I AM CROSSING MY FINGERS THAT OUR POLITICIANS WILL LOWER THE TEMPERATURE. THE DANGER IS THAT IF WHEN OUR POLITICIANS RAISE THE TEMPERATURE, YOU SIMPLY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE IN TERMS OF ANGER, ALL THE WAY UP TO POSSIBLY POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AS WE SAW LAST WEEKEND. YEAH, WE JUST HAD A VERY STARK EXAMPLE OF THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU

What California Gov. Gavin Newsom has mentioned a few potential presidential bid

On Sunday, Newsom endorsed VP Kamala Harris because the Democratic nominee

Up to date: 6:31 PM PDT Jul 21, 2024

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President Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he’ll now not proceed his 2024 reelection bid thanked Vice President Kamala Harris for being “an distinctive accomplice.”He then endorsed her as his successor. “My very first choice because the celebration nominee in 2020 was to choose Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been one of the best choice I’ve made,” Biden mentioned. “In the present day I wish to supply my full help and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our celebration this yr. Democrats — it’s time to return collectively and beat Trump. Let’s do that.”Biden mentioned he would converse to the nation intimately subsequent week. Democrats are set to assemble in Chicago to choose who will run towards Republican former President Donald Trump beginning on Aug. 19. (Earlier political protection in video above: California Gov. Newsom speaks about wildfire season, solutions query about Biden marketing campaign.)Some have talked about California Gov. Gavin Newsom as a potential alternative for president, although Newsom has mentioned previously he wouldn’t run towards Harris. Newsom on Sunday known as Biden an “extraordinary, history-making president — a pacesetter who has fought onerous for working individuals and delivered astonishing outcomes for all People. He’ll go down in historical past as some of the impactful and selfless presidents.”Later within the day he endorsed Harris for President in a publish on X. Earlier than Biden’s announcement, a spokesperson for Newsom’s marketing campaign had advised KCRA 3 on Friday he was anticipated to proceed his work as a high surrogate for the Biden-Harris marketing campaign.Newsom confirmed earlier this month he wouldn’t run towards Harris in any presidential marketing campaign. “In fact,” he mentioned when requested if that was nonetheless his plan after first making the assertion on “Meet the Press” final fall.It isn’t clear but precisely what position if any he’ll have in Harris’ marketing campaign. On Sunday, Newsom canceled an look at a Ninth Judicial Convention the place he had deliberate to make remarks on Monday. Neither his marketing campaign nor his workplace would say why as of Sunday night time.Newsom for years has repeatedly mentioned he isn’t all in favour of working for president, whereas additionally making a number of efforts to boost his nationwide profile. The governor has been out and in of California during the last a number of months, straddling state enterprise whereas stumping for Biden. He most lately visited Michigan and Pennsylvania to marketing campaign for the president through the Fourth of July weekend. Newsom additionally traveled to help him in Washington, D.C. in a gathering with Democratic governors following the president’s poor debate efficiency. Days earlier than that, he made his rounds with the media within the spin room of the very first presidential debate between Biden and Trump.Apart from his work as a surrogate, Newsom has positioned himself on the forefront of nationwide political debates, particularly on points associated to weapons and abortion. Newsom launched his federal Marketing campaign for Democracy to advertise Democratic causes throughout the nation. As of June 30, the marketing campaign had raised $10.3 million. That marketing campaign has funded a collection of abortion-related adverts in Republican-led states with restrictive insurance policies. By means of his Marketing campaign for Democracy, he has additionally known as for a Constitutional Conference on gun management, which hasn’t gained any floor since he launched the hassle final summer season.Newsom final winter additionally participated in a “Crimson State versus Blue State” showdown in a televised debate with Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis. Previous to that, he promoted Democrats within the spin room of one of many Republican presidential debates. No outstanding Democrats have publicly acknowledged Newsom must be thought of for the nomination ought to Biden drop out.In the meantime, Harris as of Friday had been on the middle of a plan being crafted by some Democrats to raise her to the highest of the ticket, in response to NBC Information. Harris had not accredited the plan and was publicly and privately supporting Biden remaining within the race as of Friday.Outstanding California leaders have been selling her. Rep. Adam Schiff advised “Meet the Press” earlier this month that she could be a “phenomenal president” and will win “overwhelmingly.” Schiff this week known as on Biden to drop out of the race. California Deliberate Parenthood CEO and DNC Delegate Jodi Hicks additionally has reportedly been pushing for her to be the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris has served as a trailblazer for girls in California and nationwide politics.Previous to turning into the primary girl to ever function vp in 2021, Harris was California’s U.S. senator from 2017 to 2021. She was the primary South Asian American and second African-American girl to serve within the U.S. Senate. (Video beneath: Supporters greet Vice President Kamala Harris in Sacramento.)Previous to her time within the Senate, Harris was California’s first- and to this point solely -woman, African-American and South Asian American to function lawyer normal. Harris, who’s initially from Oakland, additionally served as San Francisco’s district lawyer. (Earlier protection: Kamala Harris meets with state lawmakers, fundraises for reelection in Sacramento)Harris tried to run for president in 2020, however dropped out of the race earlier than the Democratic major elections started. –KCRA 3’s Daniel Macht contributed to this story.

President Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he’ll now not proceed his 2024 reelection bid thanked Vice President Kamala Harris for being “an distinctive accomplice.”

He then endorsed her as his successor.

“My very first choice because the celebration nominee in 2020 was to choose Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been one of the best choice I’ve made,” Biden mentioned. “In the present day I wish to supply my full help and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our celebration this yr. Democrats — it’s time to return collectively and beat Trump. Let’s do that.”

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My fellow Democrats, I’ve determined to not settle for the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the rest of my time period. My very first choice because the celebration nominee in 2020 was to choose Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been one of the best… pic.twitter.com/x8DnvuImJV

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 21, 2024

Biden mentioned he would converse to the nation intimately subsequent week. Democrats are set to assemble in Chicago to choose who will run towards Republican former President Donald Trump beginning on Aug. 19.

(Earlier political protection in video above: California Gov. Newsom speaks about wildfire season, solutions query about Biden marketing campaign.)

Some have talked about California Gov. Gavin Newsom as a potential alternative for president, although Newsom has mentioned previously he wouldn’t run towards Harris.

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Newsom on Sunday known as Biden an “extraordinary, history-making president — a pacesetter who has fought onerous for working individuals and delivered astonishing outcomes for all People. He’ll go down in historical past as some of the impactful and selfless presidents.”

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President Biden has been a rare, history-making president — a pacesetter who has fought onerous for working individuals and delivered astonishing outcomes for all People. He’ll go down in historical past as some of the impactful and selfless presidents.

Thanks, @JoeBiden. https://t.co/HMUMEB1fTl

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 21, 2024

Later within the day he endorsed Harris for President in a publish on X.

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Robust. Fearless. Tenacious.

With our democracy at stake and our future on the road, nobody is healthier to prosecute the case towards Donald Trump’s darkish imaginative and prescient and information our nation in a more healthy course than America’s Vice President, @KamalaHarris.

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 21, 2024

Earlier than Biden’s announcement, a spokesperson for Newsom’s marketing campaign had advised KCRA 3 on Friday he was anticipated to proceed his work as a high surrogate for the Biden-Harris marketing campaign.

Newsom confirmed earlier this month he wouldn’t run towards Harris in any presidential marketing campaign.

“In fact,” he mentioned when requested if that was nonetheless his plan after first making the assertion on “Meet the Press” final fall.

It isn’t clear but precisely what position if any he’ll have in Harris’ marketing campaign.

On Sunday, Newsom canceled an look at a Ninth Judicial Convention the place he had deliberate to make remarks on Monday. Neither his marketing campaign nor his workplace would say why as of Sunday night time.

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JUST IN: Gov. Newsom cancels his look at a U.S. Ninth Circuit judicial convention scheduled in Sacramento tomorrow.

No purpose offered by organizers of the occasion, ready to listen to again from his workplace.

— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) July 21, 2024

Newsom for years has repeatedly mentioned he isn’t all in favour of working for president, whereas additionally making a number of efforts to boost his nationwide profile. The governor has been out and in of California during the last a number of months, straddling state enterprise whereas stumping for Biden. He most lately visited Michigan and Pennsylvania to marketing campaign for the president through the Fourth of July weekend. Newsom additionally traveled to help him in Washington, D.C. in a gathering with Democratic governors following the president’s poor debate efficiency. Days earlier than that, he made his rounds with the media within the spin room of the very first presidential debate between Biden and Trump.

Apart from his work as a surrogate, Newsom has positioned himself on the forefront of nationwide political debates, particularly on points associated to weapons and abortion. Newsom launched his federal Marketing campaign for Democracy to advertise Democratic causes throughout the nation. As of June 30, the marketing campaign had raised $10.3 million. That marketing campaign has funded a collection of abortion-related adverts in Republican-led states with restrictive insurance policies. By means of his Marketing campaign for Democracy, he has additionally known as for a Constitutional Conference on gun management, which hasn’t gained any floor since he launched the hassle final summer season.

Newsom final winter additionally participated in a “Crimson State versus Blue State” showdown in a televised debate with Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis. Previous to that, he promoted Democrats within the spin room of one of many Republican presidential debates.

No outstanding Democrats have publicly acknowledged Newsom must be thought of for the nomination ought to Biden drop out.

In the meantime, Harris as of Friday had been on the middle of a plan being crafted by some Democrats to raise her to the highest of the ticket, in response to NBC Information. Harris had not accredited the plan and was publicly and privately supporting Biden remaining within the race as of Friday.

Outstanding California leaders have been selling her. Rep. Adam Schiff advised “Meet the Press” earlier this month that she could be a “phenomenal president” and will win “overwhelmingly.”

Schiff this week known as on Biden to drop out of the race. California Deliberate Parenthood CEO and DNC Delegate Jodi Hicks additionally has reportedly been pushing for her to be the Democratic presidential nominee.

Harris has served as a trailblazer for girls in California and nationwide politics.

Previous to turning into the primary girl to ever function vp in 2021, Harris was California’s U.S. senator from 2017 to 2021. She was the primary South Asian American and second African-American girl to serve within the U.S. Senate.

(Video beneath: Supporters greet Vice President Kamala Harris in Sacramento.)

Previous to her time within the Senate, Harris was California’s first- and to this point solely -woman, African-American and South Asian American to function lawyer normal.

Harris, who’s initially from Oakland, additionally served as San Francisco’s district lawyer.

(Earlier protection: Kamala Harris meets with state lawmakers, fundraises for reelection in Sacramento)

Harris tried to run for president in 2020, however dropped out of the race earlier than the Democratic major elections started.

–KCRA 3’s Daniel Macht contributed to this story.

On Saturday, he performed within the driving rain in a short-sleeved shirt. The fireplace and need to win a primary main burning brightly sufficient to maintain him heat.

He and taking part in accomplice Justin Rose have been evenly-matched; comparable builds, costume, caps on backwards, and a penchant for people-pleasing. 

And the way did Horschel entertain. 

A 32-foot putt for birdie on the seventh pushed Horschel to 3 from the lead, and he saved climbing as others dropped again. 

A primary bogey on the eleventh gap, which was the toughest of the spherical, didn’t halt him as he mastered the greens on shifting day. 

Within the sand, there was the same story as he pulled off nice escape after nice escape. 

A satisfying save on 13 was adopted by a good angle within the bunker on the par-3 14th, the place he chipped himself out of hassle. On the sixteenth, he did the identical.

The crowds couldn’t imagine how effectively he performed an virtually not possible shot. Horschel couldn’t imagine he had not holed it. 

That’s the mark of a champion. One other is that whereas he so desperately needs to win on Sunday, he’s ensuring to remind himself that no matter occurs, the probabilities will come once more. 

“I’ve discovered loads in regards to the recreation of golf taking part in 15 years professionally. I feel I’ve discovered how you can deal with my feelings,” he mentioned. 

“I’ve discovered how you can embrace quite a lot of issues. I am by no means afraid to fail. I feel I hate once I do not do effectively and I get criticism from exterior, and I am letting these criticisms have an effect on my imaginative and prescient of myself. 

“I feel, if it is my time tomorrow, it is my time, and I will be ecstatic. If it isn’t, then we’ll get on the horse once more, and we’ll work exhausting to get again in that place.” 

• Liverpool Beneath-19s refused to proceed taking part in after alleged racial abuse 
• The alleged incident occurred throughout a sport in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt 

By Jeorge Chicken

Revealed: 14:36 EDT, 20 July 2024 | Up to date: 19:52 EDT, 20 July 2024

Liverpool Beneath-19s walked off the pitch throughout their pleasant in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt after alleged racist abuse.

A report from BILD states {that a} participant from Frankfurt’s Beneath-19 facet is alleged to have used a racist time period to insult a Liverpool participant.

The Liverpool and Frankfurt youth groups have been going through one another at a event within the metropolis of Schwabisch Corridor in Germany. 

Following the alleged incident the Liverpool refused to proceed taking part in and walked off the pitch.

The sport was subsequently deserted with the edges stage at 1-1, with Frankfurt being awarded a 3-0 win.

Liverpool Beneath-19s walked off the pitch throughout their match in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt after alleged racist abuse

A participant from Frankfurt’s Beneath-19 facet is alleged to have used a racist time period to insult a Liverpool participant

Frankfurt sporting director Timmo Hardung claimed that the participant had been misheard.

Hardung mentioned that the participant used the slang time period ‘digga’, which implies ‘bro’ or ‘dude’.

Hardung instructed BILD: ‘Our total NLZ is like Eintracht Frankfurt, multicultural and we now have clear values ​​that we dwell by and consistently demand.

‘Racism has no place right here, however we nonetheless take such an accusation critically.’

Hardung added that ‘we are able to rule out racism’.

He mentioned: ‘After session, our participant confirmed that he had used the phrase ‘digga’, which is frequent in youth slang, in the middle of a standard sport. We have now little doubt that this assertion is right.

‘We are able to rule out racism, it’s a linguistic situation and we subsequently hope that we now have additionally cleared up the misunderstanding with the gamers involved and people accountable at Liverpool FC.’

Mail Sport has contacted Liverpool for remark. 

Pennsylvania Democrats lined up behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, as she introduced she would search the get together nomination after President Joe Biden bowed out of the race and gave her his endorsement. On the similar time, some additionally indicated they might help Gov. Josh Shapiro as Harris’ working mate, after he threw his help behind her for president. 

“I’ve identified Kamala Harris for practically twenty years – we’ve each been prosecutors, we’ve each stood up for the rule of regulation, we’ve each fought for the individuals and delivered outcomes,” Shapiro stated Sunday. “Kamala Harris is a patriot worthy of our help and she is going to proceed the work of generations of Individuals who got here earlier than us to excellent our union, shield our democracy, and advance actual freedom. She has served the nation honorably as Vice President and he or she is able to be President.”

Shapiro added the very best path ahead for the Democratic Occasion “is to rapidly unite behind Vice President Harris and refocus on profitable the presidency,” including the street to victory runs via Pennsylvania. “I’ll do all the things I can to assist elect Kamala Harris because the forty seventh President of the US.”

A Shapiro spokesman confirmed that the governor spoke with Harris on Sunday.

Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey additionally endorsed Harris, a key battleground help from a longtime good friend of Biden’s. 

“With ladies’s rights, employees’ rights, and voting rights on the road, the stakes of this election for Pennsylvania and the Nation couldn’t be increased,” Casey stated in a press release. “Vice President Harris has been main on these fights and as a former prosecutor, she is going to draw a transparent distinction between herself and former President Trump. She is ready to be Commander-in-Chief and is the very best particular person to satisfy this second. I’m proud to endorse her candidacy.”

U.S. Rep. Summer season Lee (D-Twelfth District), who earlier this month defended Harris as Democrats’ apparent selection if Biden dropped out, reiterated her help on Sunday.

“We thank President Biden for doing what he believes is greatest for our nation and making the tough choice to step down,” Lee stated in a assertion. “We have now no time to waste — what’s at stake for communities like mine isn’t summary. We have to unify and transfer ahead to defeat Trump and fascism in November. That’s why I endorse and encourage unity behind Vice President Kamala Harris.”

Pennsylvania Home Speaker Joanna McClinton (D-Philadelphia) stated she’s grateful to Biden for his accomplishments within the Oval Workplace but additionally acknowledges that with ageing come modifications which will make issues tough that weren’t every week, a month or perhaps a yr earlier than. 

“I admire the truth that his tenacity has introduced him so far,” McClinton stated. “It was his choice to make by way of recognizing how a lot work it’ll take over the following few months, getting throughout all the nation, getting them fired up and able to take part in our democracy. And most significantly, defeat Trump.”

Harris’ report as a public servant, prosecutor and defender of democracy and ladies’s rights have primed her to make historical past because the nation’s first girl president, McClinton stated.

“Who higher to show the web page in American historical past after 250 years,” McClinton, who’s the primary girl and the primary girl of shade to function speaker in Pennsylvania, instructed the Capital-Star on Sunday. Requested how Harris may safe the swing votes in battleground states like Pennsylvania, McClinton stated, “One of the best factor she will be able to do is select Governor Josh Shapiro to be her working mate.”

Shapiro’s report of working with a divided legislature to move laws to appropriate a long time of inequitable college funding, return tax {dollars} to seniors and to struggle for households, each as governor and legal professional common, qualify him for the job, she stated. 

“After all, he hasn’t had the privilege to defeat Trump personally, however working towards Sen. [Doug] Mastriano, who was Trump’s choose, he defeated him considerably,” McClinton stated.  Shapiro beat Mastriano in Pennsylvania’s 2022 gubernatorial race by 15 factors.

“Gov. Josh Shapiro can be a superb option to get with impartial voters, to steer average Republican voters,” McClinton added. “Given his electoral success in a battleground state like Pennsylvania, he can be a pure selection.”

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey stated in a press release that he regarded ahead to becoming a member of Harris on the marketing campaign path. “Kamala has the fervour, power, and expertise to win this race and ship for the individuals of Pittsburgh,” Gainey stated. 

Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija, who’s a Pennsylvania delegate to subsequent month’s Democratic Nationwide Conference, was one of many first to endorse Harris on Sunday after Biden dropped out. Montgomery is Shapiro’s dwelling county, the place he beforehand served as commissioner. “She will win, She’s going to win, and PA will carry it dwelling,” Makhija stated. 

State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia), who’s working for state auditor common, endorsed Harris on Sunday in a thread on social media the place he additionally praised Biden.

“In January we’ll drop the ‘vice’ and easily name her Madam President,” Kenyatta stated.

U.S. Reps. Mary Homosexual Scanlon (D-Fifth District), Brendan Boyle (D-2nd District), Dwight Evans (D-Third District) and Susan Wild (D-Seventh District) all endorsed Harris on Sunday as properly. 

Shapiro is scheduled to be in Pittsburgh on Monday, the place he’ll be a part of U.S. Environmental Safety Company Administrator Michael Regan to announce native recipients of a local weather grants program. It appears probably he’ll be requested about Sunday’s occasions.

This text was up to date at 9:54 p.m. July 21, 2024 so as to add that Shapiro spoke with Harris on Sunday.

As chatter grew final week in regards to the probability of Joe Biden quitting the race for president, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s identify repeatedly cropped up as a possible operating mate for Kamala Harris.

Biden mentioned Sunday he’s dropping his re-election bid. Now that Harris has Biden’s endorsement to be the Democratic nominee, the give attention to Shapiro and different attainable operating mates will definitely intensify.

Democrat conference delegates will finally choose the social gathering’s nominee at their conference in Chicago subsequent month.

The Washington Put up reported Saturday that Shapiro is amongst a number of potential VP picks being vetted in a course of funded by main Democratic donors. Others on the record have been Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.

Shapiro’s key asset might be his potential to assist ship the essential electoral votes that come from Pennsylvania.

The 51-year-old Georgetown Legislation graduate was elected governor in 2022 by virtually 15 proportion factors over state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a high-profile Donald Trump supporter. Earlier than that, he was the state lawyer basic and a state consultant from Montgomery County, simply north of Philadelphia.

He gained nationwide consideration following the I-95 overpass collapse in June 2023. The overpass was reopened round two weeks later.

After the tried assassination of Trump in Butler County on July 13, Shapiro was once more within the highlight, even gaining reward for his management from GOP nominee for U.S. Senate Dave McCormick.

Chris Borick, director of the Muhlenberg School Institute of Public Opinion, mentioned in an interview earlier than Biden give up the race that Shapiro was a “slam dunk” for the Democrats.

“He’s from Pennsylvania, essentially the most coveted swing state,” he mentioned. “He’s very talked-about right here, excessive approval scores as governor of the state and seen as a rising star throughout the [Democratic] social gathering.”

Borick mentioned Shapiro’s Pennsylvania ties give him a aggressive edge over Democratic governors similar to Beshear and Cooper.

“Kentucky, definitely not a aggressive state, North Carolina is pretty aggressive, however perhaps just a little attain for Democrats,” he mentioned. “Pennsylvania is the Holy Grail of electoral politics proper now. And to have a well-liked governor from that state in your ticket could be extremely coveted.”

Although Shapiro has served solely two years as governor, Borick mentioned which may not be as large a weak point as it’s for GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance, who has been a U.S. senator for lower than two years.

“You possibly can fall again on [Shapiro’s] work as lawyer basic and make a case that he’s been engaged in a lot of these points for an extended time than lower than two years,” he mentioned.

As lawyer basic, Shapiro inherited an investigation into sexual abuse by members of the Roman Catholic Church. His workplace launched a report alleging greater than 1,000 kids have been molested by greater than 300 clergymen for the reason that Nineteen Forties.

Vance has a lot much less political expertise. Earlier than he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022, he authored “Hillbilly Elegy” and served 4 years as a Marine. He additionally attended Yale Legislation and labored as an lawyer and as a enterprise capitalist.

Political strategist Samuel Chen of the Liddell Group mentioned final week that Shapiro’s brief political tenure might be an issue, although much less pronounced than Vance’s.

“Shapiro’s resume is each a energy and a legal responsibility in the case of the electoral aspect of the problem,” he mentioned.

Chen, whose background contains working for Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, added that whereas Shapiro has had moments within the nationwide highlight, he’s nonetheless not a family identify. That’s a standing Vance achieved when his guide “Hillbilly Elegy” grew to become a best-seller and later a film, in addition to the main focus of widespread information protection as many conservatives related with its themes.

And voters dismayed by conventional politicians is likely to be drawn to Vance’s lack of elected expertise, Chen mentioned.

Borick mentioned a shorter resume would possibly even assist for the reason that longer a politician serves, the extra blemishes might come up.

As governor-elect, Shapiro acquired presents from donors which have come below scrutiny. Chen cited courtside seats to the Philadelphia 76ers for example.

Shapiro’s marketing campaign referred to as it a “political assembly.”

If Shapiro have been to affix Harris and win, this might not be the primary time a Pennsylvania governor left workplace to serve within the federal authorities.

Following the Sept. 11 assaults, Gov. Tom Ridge joined President George W. Bush’s administration as the primary secretary of Homeland Safety.

If elected, Shapiro would grow to be the highest-ranking Jewish politician in American historical past.

Chen mentioned that might assist convey within the votes of many Jewish individuals who felt disaffected by the Democratic social gathering in relation to protests of the struggle in Israel and Gaza.

If Shapiro have been to depart workplace earlier than his time period was up, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis would take the reins.

Based on Pennsylvania’s line of succession, Senate President Professional Tempore Kim Ward, a Republican from Westmoreland County, would grow to be lieutenant governor. That will be the primary time the state’s second in command was not of the identical social gathering because the governor since Joe Scarnati, R-Centre, took over the position following the demise of Catherine Baker Knoll in 2008.

Quickly after Biden tweeted that he wouldn’t settle for the Democratic Social gathering’s nomination for a second time period, Shapiro tweeted a tribute to the president.

“President Biden is a patriot who has served our nation honorably within the Senate, as Vice President, and as some of the consequential presidents in fashionable historical past,” the tweet reads, “President Biden has gotten an unimaginable quantity carried out to maneuver our nation ahead, defend our democracy, and defend actual freedom. I’m proud to work by his aspect and am grateful for his management and his unwavering dedication to delivering for Pennsylvania — the Commonwealth that raised him.”

Shapiro talked about nothing about his future. Later Sunday, he launched an announcement endorsing Harris, saying he’d spoken along with her after talking with Biden:

“When our founders got here collectively within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to declare our independence and set up our democracy, they did so with the clear understanding that we might solely succeed if we have been united. Within the 248 years since, our nation and our individuals have been examined — however the American spirit has all the time triumphed.

“One of the best path ahead for the Democratic Social gathering is to shortly unite behind Vice President Harris and refocus on successful the presidency. The distinction on this race couldn’t be clearer and the highway to victory in November runs proper by Pennsylvania – the place this collective work started,” he mentioned within the assertion. “I’ll do every part I can to assist elect Kamala Harris because the forty seventh President of america.”

“It’s very thrilling, not just for the approaching video games in pre-season however for the remainder of this season. It’s going to be tough however we’re nicely ready, we’re making ready nicely this season and it’s going to be very nice.

“We’re going to struggle for every part this yr, final season we already know what occurred and naturally we ended superb nevertheless it was a tough season for all of us. So this yr, good issues are coming.”

The goalkeeper was happy to make his first look of pre-season in opposition to Rangers and was the one participant to finish the 90 minutes in Edinburgh, taking up the captain’s armband from Casemiro for the second half.

“Superb, I’m blissful to be again, the workforce is working exhausting,” stated Onana. “We confronted an excellent opponent, blissful for the victory, the way in which we play and, yeah, we preserve going. There’s a protracted technique to go and I’m very blissful.

“It’s all the time tough to play in opposition to this opponent however the demand is all the time excessive if you find yourself a Manchester United participant. It’s necessary to start out good and to struggle for every part. This yr, it is going to be very good for us so we’re prepared.”

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