July 22, 2024, presidential campaign news

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Vice President Kamala Harris has celebrated securing enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

Harris pledged to bring the fight to Donald Trump.?

The House Republican campaign arm is developing a targeted plan of attack to pin specific pieces of Vice President Kamala Harris’ record against Democrats running in competitive House races as Harris?marches toward the Democratic nomination.

The framing of GOP attacks on down-ballot Democrats are starting to take shape even though Harris is still not officially the Democratic presidential nominee, as the GOP campaign arm looks to quickly adjust their message and maintain their goal of keeping control of the House. The plan, which is still evolving, is to continue to tie Harris to what they see as failed policies of the Biden administration while also resurfacing some of her positions from her 2019 presidential run.

In key swing districts in Arizona and New Mexico, the GOP campaign arm plans to hammer home Harris’ efforts to tackle root causes of migration from Central America as Republicans look to make border crossings and mass migrations a top campaign issue. Republicans have long dubbed Harris the “border czar,” and one GOP strategist said to expect Republicans to tie down-ballot Democrats to that title even more.

The White House has rejected the “border czar” title, arguing that her focus was on long-term fixes. In a key vote in February, Senate Republicans blocked a?major bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package?with assistance for Ukraine and Israel amid a torrent of attacks on the bill by former President Donald Trump and top House Republicans.

Read more on the GOP’s strategy on Harris

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, who is among those viewed as a potential Democratic vice-presidential candidate, has again slammed Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance over past comments deriding Donald Trump, and for claiming ties to Beshear’s home state.

In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Beshear responded to Vance’s accusation that Vice President Kamala Harris “lied about” Joe Biden’s fitness for office before he dropped out of the presidential race.

Beshear called Vance a “phony” and pointed to a private comment he made in 2016 wondering if Trump is ”America’s Hitler.”

Beshear also pushed back at Vance’s defense of his origin story and roots in eastern Kentucky, which he documented in his best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.”

Beshear’s attacks come as Democratic party leaders coalesce around Harris to replace Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. Beshear endorsed Harris’ candidacy earlier Monday.

Beshear, a potential running mate, said he would consider leaving his role if “I could help my people in Kentucky more in a different role” or if “there was a chance to move past the partisanship.”?

State delegations have started to endorse Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate.

The Democratic National Convention will take place from August 19 to August 22 in Chicago, Illinois.

Here are some of the delegations that have publicly endorsed Harris:

The post has been updated with the latest developments.

The Harris for President error page references an internet meme that has become a popular way to show support for her campaign.

The Harris for President error page is the latest example of how her campaign is channeling various memes that feature the vice president.?

Similar to how President Joe Biden’s campaign once played on the “Dark Brandon” meme, the Harris for President’s error page reads:

The phrase refers to the coconut meme and emojis that regained traction on Sunday as a way to show support for Harris after Biden dropped out of the race.?

The meme was sparked by comments Harris made in May 2023. She spoke about the differences between equality and equity and used a personal family story to make her point.?

“None of us just live in a silo. Everything is in context,” she said.

More than 300 former staffers of Kamala Harris from throughout her career have endorsed her for president in?a letter.

Rachel Palermo, who served as associate counsel and deputy communications director to the vice president, began organizing former Harris staffers to show their support in an endorsement letter late Sunday night after President Joe Biden endorsed his running mate.?

As of Monday evening, more than 300 former Harris staffers from the White House, her campaign, as California attorney general, and as San Francisco district attorney, had signed on, according to Palermo.

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday, July 22.

Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, according to CNN’s delegate estimate.

While endorsements from delegates continue to come in, Harris has now been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged delegates she’ll need to win the nomination on the first ballot.

Harris crossed the threshold amid a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening.

These endorsements are not binding and with President Joe Biden out of the race, delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice.?

CNN’s count comes from public statements of support from delegates and state delegations, CNN reporting and conversations with delegates. Endorsements from state delegations are counted as unanimous support for Harris unless we’ve received other information.?

Under a plan outlined by Democratic officials Monday, delegates are expected to vote to confirm Harris as the nominee before August 7.??

Read the full story.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting at the White House in July 2023.

One day ago, Kamala Harris was Joe Biden’s running mate. Today, she’s well on her way to finding her own.

Democratic lawyers are beginning their work of conducting a deep, yet truncated, vetting process for potential vice presidential hopefuls, two people familiar with the matter tell CNN, with siloed teams being established for the leading prospective candidates.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly are among the Democrats who have been asked to submit information about their finances, family histories and other personal details, two people familiar with the process say. They are part of a group that includes about 10 names, nearly all of whom are elected officials.

A handful of Democratic lawyers, including those who have worked on vice presidential vetting processes in the past, are involved in this effort. Former Attorney General Eric Holder and his law firm Covington & Burling will handle vetting for Harris’ running mate, according to a source familiar with the plans.

The audition process is also playing out in public, with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Cooper appearing for interviews today on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” with the intent that Harris was watching. An aide said she caught at least part of the conversations.

The search for a running mate is unfolding alongside work to seize the nomination.

The hour-by-hour endorsements of Harris from Democratic governors, senators, Cabinet officials and state delegations is unfolding by design, with the hope of reaching a majority of delegates by Wednesday, two people familiar with the process tell CNN.?

“It’s a coordinated drumbeat,” a senior Democratic aide working on the effort said. “That sound Democrats hear is the party uniting around the vice president.”

CNN’s Arlette Saenz contributed to this report.

The post was updated with information about the role of former Attorney General Eric Holder.

Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday he chose JD Vance to be his running mate in part because they have “an automatic chemistry” and because Vance would “stick up for me.”?

“We’ve always had a good?chemistry.?And originally, JD was probably?not for me, but he didn’t know me and then when we got to know each other he liked me maybe more than anybody liked me.?And he would stick up for me,?and he would fight for the?worker as much as I would fight?for the worker.?We had an automatic chemistry,” Trump told Fox News in his and Vance’s first joint interview.

Trump suggested his endorsement of Vance in his Ohio Senate race helped Vance win against a “very tough field.”?

He also pointed to Vance’s memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” and said, “He wrote a book, which was a classic, as you know, and it was all about the working men and women and how they aren’t being treated fairly and he was right about that. And I understood that maybe?better than anyone else.”

Some background: Vance was a key voice in the “Never Trump” movement during the 2016 presidential election.?Vance liked tweets in 2016 and 2017 that harshly criticized Trump?and his policies, and in a?review of Vance’s media appearances by CNN’s KFile, has made?anti-Trump comments?in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Vance deleted past anti-Trump tweets ahead of his announcement in July 2021 that he would run for the open Ohio Senate seat.

Former President Donald Trump participates in aninterview on Fox News that was taped Saturday, July 20, but aired Monday, July 22, on Fox News.?

Former President Donald Trump said in a new interview with Fox News that the wound on his ear from the Pennsylvania assassination attempt was “getting much better” and that he was now “down to the small bandages.”

During the interview, Trump wore a beige bandage that was significantly smaller than the white one he wore all week at the GOP convention. The interview was taped Saturday in Grand Rapids around his rally there and aired Monday night.?

Trump said Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson was the one who gave him a chart about illegal immigration that he put up on the screen and turned to look at when the assassination attempt happened.?

“He actually gave me the chart.?If I didn’t have that chart, I wouldn’t have looked to the right. If I didn’t look to the right, a?very bad thing would have?happened,” he said. I wouldn’t have been at the?convention, I can just about?guarantee it,” Trump said.

Republican vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance speaks during a campaign rally at Radford University on Monday, July 22, in Radford, Virginia.

GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance recounted getting the phone call from Donald Trump asking him to be his running mate in his first joint interview with the former president.

Vance was asked what his wife Usha’s reaction was when Trump called.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will leave Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, ending his self-isolation since testing positive for Covid-19 last week, according to the White House.

The president will return to the White House at 2:30 p.m. ET.

He has no other public events on his schedule.

Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, according to a campaign advisory.

She will deliver remarks at 2:05 p.m. ET, according to guidance from her office.

The post was updated with the time of Harris’ scheduled address.

Sen. Bernie Sanders appears on CNN on Monday, July 22.

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said he has spoken with Vice President Kamala Harris since President Joe Biden stepped out of the race and endorsed her, and said he’s sure he’ll endorse Harris.

Sanders said he has talked to Harris since Biden announced he would not seek reelection, but “those conversations are private.”

He also told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Monday that “it’s going to?be a brutal campaign,” in response to GOP Rep. Tim Burchett describing Harris as?a “DEI hire,”?a comment characterized as?racist and offensive?by Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steve Horsford.

The Democratic National Committee is moving forward with a process that will determine the party’s presidential nominee by August 7, party officials said Monday night, in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s stunning Sunday exit from the race — and endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris — that has roiled the campaign.

Jaime Harrison, DNC chairman, also pledged to the party being “committed to an open and fair nominating process” that “reflects the dedication to democracy our party stands for.”

Candidates will need to declare their interest in becoming the Democratic Party’s nominee for president by filing a formal declaration of candidacy, meet party and legal qualifications to be president along with gathering at least 300 delegate signatures, with no more than 50 from a single state, according to DNC officials and a document obtained by CNN.

The window of time for candidates to declare their interest will be short, one DNC official said, and would end by this week.

Under the proposal, the DNC will share a candidate directory with delegates, which will include names and contact information for candidates to allow delegates to opt into information from campaigns.

However, while the DNC intends to have a Democratic nominee chosen by August 7, exactly when virtual voting would begin has yet to be determined and would depend on factors like how many candidates are ultimately able to obtain support from the necessary 300 delegates.

A date for the start of the virtual voting process has not yet been set but it could be as early as August 1.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who is chair of the DNC Rules Committee, told CNN’s Erin Burnett on “OutFront” that the idea boils down to: “Anybody’s welcome to come in.”

“It is an open process; anyone is welcome,” Walz said. “The delegates who were selected?will cast their vote as they?see fit, and we will come out?with a nominee in?time” to get on the ballot in all 50 states, said the governor, who has?endorsed Harris.

In order to win the nomination, a candidate will need the support of a majority of pledged delegates to the convention – 1,976 out of 3,949 pledged delegates, party officials said.?

The convention rules committee will vote Wednesday on the proposed rules, a Democratic official said.

CNN’s Jack Forrest contributed to this report.

The post was updated with comments by Gov. Tim Walz.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at an event in Chelsea, Michigan promoting her new book "True Gretch," on Monday, July 22.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday night she was “really excited” for the next chapter of the Democratic presidential campaign, after President Joe Biden exited the race on Sunday, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee.

Whitmer, who served as a campaign co-chair for Biden and now for Harris, said it had been a “tough few weeks” following Biden’s shaky performance in the first presidential debate, but the campaign had been prepared to “continue to make sure that we got him in the strongest position to win.”

“Obviously, there was a lot of pressure,” she said, pointing to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, noting the recent weeks have been “really, really heavy.”

Whitmer said she had thought Biden might consider not running for reelection, but that she and other campaign co-chairs had gotten no notice ahead of his ultimate announcement. She said she found out from a staff member as she arrived at a “Grilling with Gretchen” event in Trenton, Michigan and was “very surprised” to hear the news.

She said she respects both Biden and Harris and is “really excited about this new chapter,” though she added, “it’s balanced with a little bit of, you know, remorse that the President felt like he needed to do it.”

“I think it was the right decision. I support him, and I support the vice president now, and I’m excited,” she continued.

Whitmer, along with Democratic governors of other Midwestern states essential to an electoral college victory, backed Harris as the party’s nominee on Monday morning.?While she’s been rumored as a potential VP option, she told a local reporter that she’s not leaving Michigan, insisting “I’m not going anywhere.”

Sen. JD Vance, Republican vice presidential nominee, addresses a crowd of supporters during a campaign event inside the Dedmon Center at Radford University in Radford, Virginia, on Monday, July 22.

Sen. JD Vance, vice presidential nominee, came out swinging at his second rally of the day, sharpening his criticisms of the new potential Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, and calling President Joe Biden “a quitter” after he decided to exit the presidential race.?

Vance urged voters not to give Harris a shot at the White House as Democrats continue to rally around her candidacy.?

“We got to kick Kamala Harris out of the Oval Office. Don’t give her a chance. Don’t give her a chance to run away from the Biden record. The Biden record is the Kamala Harris record,” Vance said.

Vance characterized Harris as “even more extreme than Biden” and claimed that Harris voted to eliminate the filibuster, “wants to ban fracking” and “totally decriminalize illegal immigration.”

He especially focused on her handling of the US-Mexico border.?Biden deputized Harris in 2021 to look at the root causes if migration in Central American countries, including lack of economic opportunities and drug violence.?

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to the media on Monday, July 22.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who very publicly supported President Joe Biden staying in the presidential race, would not say if she was disappointed in his decision to exit.?

Asked if Biden was treated unfairly by some Democrats, Ocasio-Cortez replied: “I think that at the end of the day, what is most important is that we’re at where we are at today. And I think that, once again, I think that Vice President Harris is a very strong leader and we’re ready to win this election.”

Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged that she had been concerned about whether Harris could unify the Democratic party but said she was “encouraged” by the “strong outpouring” of support for Harris since her announcement.

Ocasio-Cortez also said Democrats have to be prepared for racist and misogynistic attacks against Harris if she becomes the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket.

Remember: Earlier today, GOP Rep. Tim Burchett described Harris as a “DEI hire,” a comment characterized as racist and offensive by Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steve Horsford.

Vice President Kamala?Harris?smiles as she speaks at her Presidential Campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday, July 22

Live to 94 years old like Pat Levin, and you think maybe you have seen it all. Well, think again.

“We’ve been thrown into an emotional tailspin,” is how Levin described?President Joe Biden’s abrupt departure from the 2024 campaign this weekend and his quick endorsement of?Vice President Kamala Harris. “What next? An?enormous feeling of relief along with an enormous feeling of anxiety.”

Oh, plus this: “Yes, I support Harris.”

“I’ve always said it needs to be Vice President Harris,” said Angela Lang, a community organizer in Milwaukee’s Black neighborhoods. “She’s the first Black woman VP and I think it would be seen as a sign of disrespect to have someone seemingly jump ahead of her.”

Michigan auto worker Tonya Rincon described herself as “kind of stunned” by Biden’s decision but said Democrats have no time to waste.

“Vice President Harris is the obvious choice,” Rincon said. “She’s experienced. Qualified. An extremely strong candidate and we need to get behind her immediately.”

There was overwhelming support for the California Democrat, but not unanimity. On the plus side for Harris: Democratic voters think she can rebuild lagging Biden support in the Black community and among younger voters, and they see her as a more vibrant and aggressive campaigner on abortion rights and other issues viewed as critical motivators for Democratic voters. But the doubts some voters raised about Harris underscore the challenges ahead, assuming she emerges as the Democratic nominee. They range from concerns the process will become too messy to worries that she is not the strongest candidate to contest critical battleground states.

Read the full story here.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore appears on CNN on Monday, July 22.

Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Wes Moore, following growing support for Vice President Kamala Harris after she received President Joe Biden’s endorsement, said Monday that the mood of the Democratic party is “energized.”

Moore endorsed Harris in a statement on X Monday praising her “unique ability to energize the party base and mobilize a unique coalition” of voters. Moore spoke to Biden and Harris on Sunday and told the vice president during their call that he supports her, mentioning that her role in responding to the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse earlier this year showcased her leadership, he said in his statement.?

Responding to Harris’s speech to campaign staff Monday, Moore said “we’re able to change the dynamic and change the discourse of this campaign.”

“We have a situation where we’ve gone for weeks where frankly so much attention has been focused on things like speech patterns and walking gaits and not understanding who the Republican nominee is and what was said during the Republican nomination convention,” he said.?

Moore, responding to whether he had been asked to submit any paperwork by the Harris campaign to be vetted as a potential running mate, would not provide a definitive answer: “We’ve been in close contact with the Harris campaign — and listen, it’s very humbling that people are bringing your name up.” But, he said, “I love my job and I have no intention of leaving it.”

Former President Donald Trump co-campaign managers, Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, issued a “state of play” memo Monday, the first full day after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.

The memo attacks Vice President Kamala Harris and claims the 2024 presidential race is a “new fight for American Independence.”

“Just as Donald Trump fired Joe Biden, he will demonstrate to the world he can fire Dangerously liberal Kamala as well,” the new memo reads.?

The memo tries to blame Harris for illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border. Harris “is as bad, if not worse, than Joe Biden,” it argues.?

The memo again refers to Harris as a “Border Czar,” though she is not tasked with overseeing the border. Biden deputized Harris in 2021 to look at the root causes if migration in Central American countries, including lack of economic opportunities and drug violence.

“Same year — same people — same record of failure — same result,” the memo says.

American Bridge 21st?Century, one of the largest Democratic opposition research and media groups, will launch a $20 million advertising campaign on Friday, the group tells CNN, the first new series of ads launched since President Joe Biden withdrew from the race and Vice President Harris assumed his campaign infrastructure.

The advertising rollout, which will comprise television spots, digital ads, and direct mail, is geared toward working class women in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – a key constituency in the three states the Biden-Harris campaign had said previously will be critical to their path to 270 electoral votes.

The political action committee’s efforts are funded by about 700 high-dollar donors. American Bridge previously paused spending in early July, a planned summer holiday slowdown that was extended due to funding fluidity and the need to assess “timing and tone” in the wake of an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, American Bridge President Bradley Beychok told CNN.

One of the ads, which will be released Friday, focuses on the events of January 6 as a combat veteran warns of the dangers of a second Trump presidency.

Because the ads focus on the risks of Trump – rather than the attributes of those on the Democratic ticket – they required no changes after Biden withdrew from the race.?

The content features voters in their own voices – nurses, union members, grandparents – who highlight issues like democracy and reproductive rights, which American Bridge sees as evergreen.

Correction:?The post was updated to reflect the three states are Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Four major environmental and climate groups endorsed Kamala Harris for president Monday, according to a joint news release from the groups.

These groups include:

“Kamala Harris has been a driving force in delivering the strongest climate action in history. She’s ready to build on those gains from day one as president,” Manish Bapna, president and CEO of the NRDC Action Fund, said in a statement.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN he texted Steve Ricchetti, President Joe Biden’s senior adviser, over the weekend trying to get connected with Biden but a conversation never happened.

Johnson reached out to Ricchetti before Biden announced he would not be seeking re-election, a source familiar with the call told CNN.?

Vice President Kamala Harris will not be presiding over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress this Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

She is expected to be in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she is set to address Zeta Phi Beta sorority’s Grand Boule for a moderated conversation, an effort to engage Black women voters.

The decision to skip the joint meeting underscores the tense relationship between the Biden administration and Netanyahu at a time when the war in Gaza has caused growing backlash from the left, according to a US official.

Harris is expected to meet with Netanyahu later this week, an aide to the vice president confirmed. A date for the meeting has not been announced, but it will be separate from President Joe Biden’s planned meeting with Netanyahu, which is set for Thursday.

“Her travel to Indianapolis on July 24 should not be interpreted as a change in her position with regard to Israel,” the aide said.

Harris is expected to “continue her intensive engagement on the conflict in Gaza,” the aide said, noting that she is expected to underscore a commitment to ensuring Israel can defend itself, condemn Hamas’ attack on October 7 and reiterate concerns about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray also declined to preside over Netanyahu’s address to the Congress, according to a spokesperson.

The National Security Council did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment.

This post has been updated with additional details on Biden’s upcoming meeting with Netanyahu.

CNN’s MJ Lee contributed to this report.

Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steve Horsford said that GOP Rep. Tim Burchett’s description of Vice President Kamala Harris as a “DEI hire” was offensive and racist.

Asked if the comment was racist, Horsford replied, “Yes.”

Some context: Earlier on Monday, Burchett told CNN of Harris, “100% she was a DEI hire,” seemingly referencing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a Wilmington?HQ on Monday,

Vice President Kamala Harris laid out the case against Donald Trump when she greeted with campaign staff at Wilmington?headquarters on Monday, showcasing a campaign speech that also laid out a vision for the future.?

She said she will “proudly” put her record against Trump’s.

“As a young prosecutor when I was in the Alameda County District Attorney’s office in California, I specialized in cases involving sexual abuse. Donald Trump was found liable by a jury for committing sexual abuse. As attorney general of California, I took on one of our country’s largest for-profit colleges and put it out of business. Donald Trump ran a for-profit college, Trump University, that was forced to pay $25 million to the students it scammed,” she said.

Harris also highlighted her record on climate change, Big Oil and Wall Street.

After ticking through her case against a Trump presidency, the vice president said her campaign will not just be about her versus the GOP candidate.?

“There is more to this campaign than that. Our campaign has always been two different versions of what we see as the future of our country. Two different visions for the future of our country.?One focused on the future — the other focused on the past,” Harris said.??

Harris is not yet the Democratic nominee, but she has picked up the support of a broad swathe of the party after being endorsed by President Joe Biden, who was on the phone listening to her as she addressed the campaign staff.

The post was updated with more of Harris’ remarks to campaign staff.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks with CNN's Manu Raju on Monday, July 22.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called Speaker Mike Johnson’s suggestion that Republicans will file lawsuits at the state level if Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the nominee “laughable,” and “embarrassing.”

Asked about Republicans calling for President Joe Biden to resign, the New York Democrat replied: “President Biden made the heroic patriotic decision to focus on finishing out his term strong over the next five and a half months, and to focus on governing and continuing to deliver for the American people.”

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks on Mo

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff introduced his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, at her presidential campaign headquarters, hyping her up to a receptive crowd of staff.

Emhoff became emotional as he honored President Joe Biden, who had just addressed the crowd remotely.?

He choked up briefly: “He’s had my back, personally, some of my toughest moments as second gentleman,” he said, including “leaving the career that I loved.”

He also offered praise to campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez: “I can’t think of anyone better to be leading this campaign.”?

Emhoff arrived to cheers and applause and chants of “Doug, Doug, Doug.”

Vice President Kamala Harris took a page from the Beyoncé songbook for her new presidential campaign — walking out to “Freedom” at campaign headquarters Monday evening.?

The song, which debuted in 2016 on the “Lemonade” album, features protest and political themes.?

“She wanted it to be a female anthem, and we wanted to address certain issues,” British songwriter Carla Marie Williams, who worked with Beyoncé on the song, told The Fader in 2017.??

Harris walked out to these lyrics:?

The campaign played Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” after Harris’ departure.

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed her presidential campaign staff for the first time Monday, thanking a crowd in Wilmington and rallying her new team for the 106 days ahead.

“Doug and I wanted to stop by today to thank everybody and to express just what we know to be true: Y’all have been working so hard. The people in this office have been working so hard and you have given so much of yourselves – long days and nights. And you’re giving yourselves to our country because you love our country and you love Joe and you love me and we know that,” she said to hundreds staff at campaign headquarters and many attending virtually from battleground states and beyond.

Harris acknowledged that it’s “been a roller coaster and we’re all filled with so many mixed emotions.”

Harris announced that campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez will continue in her role and that she asked campaign co-chair Jen O’Malley Dillon to “run my campaign and she has accepted.”

“We have 106 days until Election Day and in that time we have hard work to do,” she told her team.

She also offered praise to President Joe Biden’s legacy and accomplishments. Biden was listening from his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he is still isolating with Covid-19.

“Joe, I know you’re still on the call and we’ve been talking every day. … We love Joe and Jill. We really do. They truly are like family to us,” she said, to which Biden piped in from his speakerphone.

“It’s mutual,” he told Harris. “I’m watching you, kid, I love you.”

President Joe Biden called into his former campaign’s headquarters to thank the staff and praise Vice President Kamala Harris who visited the Wilmington office Monday afternoon to visit with staff.

The president also acknowledged yesterday’s “surprising” news but stressed that it’s his belief it was the “right thing to do.”

“I know it’s hard because you poured your heart and soul into me,” Biden told the campaign staffers. “You’re an amazing team.”

Biden also directly addressed Harris and the team, saying, “embrace her, she’s the best.”

And he?also thanked the staffers for uprooting their lives for him and his now ended campaign, saying they have built the “best” campaign organization in history.

“I’ve been honored and humbled,” he said.

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin plans to attend a campaign event with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday in Milwaukee, a Baldwin campaign spokesperson tells CNN.

Baldwin, a vulnerable Democratic senator, endorsed Harris on Sunday, after President Joe Biden announced he would exit the race and endorse his vice president.

Notably, Baldwin did not attend Biden’s first post-debate rally in Madison earlier this month, instead campaigning across the state for her own highly competitive race.?

The Biden for President campaign, which has now transitioned to Harris for President, announced last Friday that the vice president would campaign in Milwaukee on Tuesday. No further details for the event have been made public.

Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez addressed staff on Monday, July 22.

Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez addressed staff Monday, acknowledging the “whirlwind” of the past 24 hours.?

She then introduced President Joe Biden, who is appearing via phone.?

President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One at T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, on July 20, 2022.

Another week, another shock to the 2024 presidential election. President Joe Biden’s decision to end his campaign and endorse Vice President?Kamala Harris?raised a large?number of questions.

For starters, Biden won the Democratic primary in every state that conducted one. Can he just step aside? Is he picking Harris as his replacement, or do the people get a say?

CNN?asked for your questions?about what’s going on. I’ve picked out a representative sampling and tried to answer with what we know based on CNN’s reporting and polling. See below.

How can Harris just take over and get his delegates? Does she not have to file the paperwork to run for office and secure signatures?

You’re right. Harris is not the nominee and she wasn’t a candidate during the monthslong primary process. However, with Biden out of the race, the delegates he won are free to support any declared candidate recognized by the party at the convention in Chicago in August.

Just hours after Biden withdrew from the race, Harris?filed paperwork?with the Federal Election Commission to become a candidate for president, which would allow her to get signatures to be recognized at the convention.

An avalanche of Democrats have already endorsed her, so while it is possible another candidate jumps in the ring and challenges her at the convention, at the moment that seems unlikely.

Why is there no process on how to select the Democratic candidate? Why is Harris automatically nominated? It’s not right.

There is?a process; it’s just currently being dominated by Harris.

This is an unprecedented event. Biden is the first president to bow out of a reelection campaign after winning nearly all of the delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.

Since there is no time to repeat the primaries in all 50 states, Democrats are primed to simply?select the nominee with delegates?to their convention. Biden has released the delegates to support whomever they choose, but Harris may end up being the only major candidate as the party tries to unify around her.

Read more answers to your 2024 election questions here.

As of 5:10 p.m. Monday, here is CNN’s estimate of the Democratic delegates who have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris:

These endorsements are not binding and with President Joe Biden out of the race, delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice.?

The Democratic National Convention has not yet announced the process for choosing a nominee.

Democrats are broadly behind Vice President Kamala Harris as their party’s next nominee for president according to a?new poll from CBS News and YouGov.

The survey, conducted July 21-22 among 1,071 registered voters who identify as Democrats, finds that 79% of Democratic voters feel the party should nominate Kamala Harris for president, while 21% prefer someone else. A broad majority, 83%, say they approve of Biden’s decision to step aside, and on balance, they see the party’s chances of winning against Donald Trump as better after Biden stepped aside (45%) rather than worse (10%). About 3 in 10 say the party’s chances depend on who the nominee is (28%) and 17% say Democrats’ chances to win the presidency are unchanged.

Most Democratic voters say they would rather have party leaders pick a candidate now (59%) than have the delegates pick a candidate in August (41%).?

The survey finds few subgroup differences in support for Harris as the next nominee, though liberals (82%) are somewhat more likely to support her than are moderates (72%).?

About two-thirds, 65%, say Democratic Party leaders treated Biden fairly while he was deciding what to do, 35% feel he was treated unfairly. And most Democratic voters say Biden’s legacy will be viewed positively, with 43% saying when people look back his legacy as president will be excellent, 39% feel it will be good.

Results for the survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.?

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives at campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday, July 22.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ newly announced presidential campaign has received a significant organizational jolt this week.?

Since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race and endorsed Harris’ campaign on Sunday afternoon, a campaign official said, “We have seen an overwhelming surge in volunteer sign-ups across the battlegrounds. More than 28,481 individuals have signed up to volunteer with the campaign who had not volunteered before.”

That is more than 100 times the average day of campaign volunteer signups, the official said.?

In two battleground states, the official added, Pennsylvania and Nevada, volunteers “literally showed up at field offices asking to help.”

That comes as the Harris campaign announced it has also raised more than $81 million in its first 24 hours.

Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff descend from Air Force Two at Delaware National Air Guard base in New Castle, Delaware, on Monday, July 22.

It’s just one day after President Joe Biden announced that he would end his reelection campaign and endorsed?Vice President Kamala Harris?to be the Democratic nominee taking on former President Donald Trump in this year’s presidential race. That’s far too soon for polling to capture the dynamics of?a fast-evolving campaign, but polling conducted before Biden’s announcement provides some early indications of how a Harris for President campaign might try to improve on Biden’s standing in the race.

CNN’s?polling in late June?tested Biden’s support against Trump in the wake of the presidential debate, and it also looked at how Harris would fare in a hypothetical matchup with the former president.

Here’s a look at some of the key numbers:

Read more here about the polling

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks with the media on Monday, July 22.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Vice President Kamala Harris’ pick for vice president should be made “free of political pressure” at a press conference in Pittsburgh on Monday.

Shapiro declined to say whether he would join Harris if she asked him to be her running mate.

Shapiro said after speaking to Biden on Sunday, he spoke with the vice president and talked about “one thing and one thing only:” defeating former president Donald Trump.?

He added that he immediately gave Harris his endorsement in their call yesterday.?“I like our chances running a prosecutor against a guy who’s a convicted felon,” Shapiro?said.?

Rep. Judy Chu speaks with CNN's Manu Raju on Monday, July 22.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ entrance into the race “energizes the campaign,” after weeks of concern over President Joe Biden’s ability to win in November, Democratic Rep. Judy Chu told CNN’s Manu Raju.

However, GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said the jolt Harris has given the campaign isn’t enough for Democrats to beat former President Donald Trump.

“Her energy and enthusiasm are for policies that are not good for the country and have made it less prosperous, less safe. less secure, less affordable for American families,” she said.

The New York Republican also denied the possibility that Harris’ entrance into the race could make it harder for Trump to win.

Democratic party officials have argued that a virtual vote to select a presidential nominee must take place by August 7 to?avoid the risk of litigation in Ohio.?

But when – and how – must a running mate be selected to join the nominee on those ballots??

That’s a critical question members of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee are expecting to take up when the group convenes Wednesday, two members told CNN.

According to the two members, the co-chairs of the DNC’s Rules Committee have not yet finalized the official agenda for the meeting, which will be streamed online.?

Selecting a running mate for the party’s leading candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, by the party’s convention,?four?weeks away, already represents an acceleration of a vetting process that?often takes months. Selecting a running mate in advance of an?August 7 roll call deadline would require an even faster track.?

CNN has reported that Attorney General Eric Holder and his law firm Covington & Burling are running the vetting process for Harris’ running mate.?

In 2020, when the party used a remote voting process similar to what it has proposed for this year, Biden, as the Democratic nominee, was functionally allowed to just name a vice presidential candidate, avoiding the need for a separate vote to approve the selection.?

Vice President?Kamala Harris’ campaign team began conducting outreach to several youth grassroots organizations shortly after President Joe Biden announced?his withdrawal from the race.

Voters of Tomorrow, a youth voting grassroots organization, said it spoke with Harris’ campaign after members reached out shortly after Biden’s Sunday announcement.

Some of Harris’ campaign staff, including Eve Levenson, the national youth engagement director, are expected to attend this week’s Voters of Tomorrow Summit in Atlanta, where hundreds of youth activists, content creators and grassroots organizations are set to discuss the November election.

Several youth organizers told CNN that there is renewed energy among Democratic Party members regarding Harris’ nomination.?CNN’s latest?polling?on matchups between Biden or Harris against Trump suggests Harris outperforms Biden among young voters but still doesn’t generate the level of support that Democratic presidential candidates have had in recent elections.

“The prospect of potentially having our first woman president is really exciting to a lot of young people who have grown up never really seeing that idea come true,” Katy Gates, the president of the College Democrats of Georgia, told CNN.

Other youth grassroots organizations, such as Gen Z for Change, formerly known as TikTok for Biden – which has been openly critical of Biden in the last few months and now has endorsed Harris – told CNN that the campaign has reached out to them as well.

The Harris campaign has not responded to CNN’s inquiries on this matter at this time.

CNN’s Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.

Black Democratic strategists will hold?an organizing call?tonight to rally support for Vice President Harris’ candidacy for president.

The call, entitled “Black Men For Harris,” is co-hosted by CNN commentator Bakari Sellers, Kairos Democracy Project Founder Michael Blake, Win With Black Men Executive Director Khalil Thompson and Collective PAC President Quentin James.?

A similar organizing call hosted by Win With Black Women attracted thousands Sunday night and went on for several hours.

As Republicans try to make inroads with young Black men, Democratic organizers and activists have taken note and are focused on trying to ensure conservatives don’t make further gains.??

James is confident Harris can speak directly to these voters and was impressed with the way she centered meeting with Black entrepreneurs during a past economic opportunity tour.?

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters invited Vice President Kamala Harris to participate in a roundtable interview with its rank-and-file members as the union continues to weigh its endorsement in the 2024 race, according to a letter obtained by CNN.?

O’Brien did not specify a date for the interview but offered to hold the conversation in Washington, DC, or a Teamsters local union in a convenient location.

Some background: The Teamsters typically have waited to endorse a candidate until after each of the party’s conventions. The union held roundtable interviews with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump earlier this year and had yet to signal an endorsement decision in his election cycle. O’Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention last week.?

Several unions — including the?Service Employees International Union?and the American Federation of Teachers — quickly threw their support behind Harris’ candidacy after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race on Sunday. The United Auto Workers, which offered praise for the vice president through a spokesperson on Sunday, is among those still weighing their next steps.

Hours following President Joe Biden’s?decision to end his reelection bid, the Biden-Harris campaign officially?filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission?renaming its principal committee “Harris for President.”

Should Harris remain on the ticket for the general election, she would take over the existing campaign account and the remaining cash. If she fails to secure the presidential nomination, those dollars could fund independent expenditure advertising campaigns via political action committee or be transferred to the Democratic National Committee.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance speaks at a campaign rally at Middletown High School on Monday, July 22, in Middletown, Ohio.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance called it “absolutely disgraceful” on Monday that President Joe Biden has exited the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.??

In his first solo rally as Donald Trump’s running mate, Vance accused Democratic leadership and members, who are following Biden’s lead in backing Harris, of lying about his mental capacity and throwing him “overboard” when he “became political deadweight.”

Some context: Though Democratic leaders have largely rallied around Harris since she announced her campaign, she is not yet the Democratic nominee and it’s unclear exactly how the Democratic National Convention will move forward. The convention’s chair has said the party will take a “transparent and orderly process to move forward” in choosing a candidate.

In a new memo, the National Republican Senatorial Campaign details its case against Vice President Kamala Harris and calls on GOP candidates to tie her to their Democratic opponents.

The memo describes the vice president as a “San Francisco radical” and claims that “Democrats subverted the democratic process to anoint Kamala Harris with no input from their voters, and Republicans must be ready to shift gears.”

As?momentum builds?to position Kamala Harris as the Democratic party’s 2024 presidential nominee, here’s what to know about her life and the moments that defined her in politics.

A young Harris is seen with her mother, Shyamala, in this photo that was posted on Harris' Facebook page in March 2017.

The daughter of immigrants: Kamala Devi Harris was born in Oakland, California, on October 20, 1964.

In the introduction to her 2019 memoir, “The Truths We Hold,” Harris notes that her name is pronounced “‘comma-la,’ like the punctuation mark” and that it means “lotus flower,” in homage to an important symbol in Indian culture.

Harris’ father, Donald, immigrated to the United States to study economics at the University of California at Berkley. He is now a?professor emeritus?of economics at Stanford.

Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, immigrated to the US from southern India in the late 1950s. She earned her doctorate in nutrition and endocrinology at Berkeley and became an acclaimed breast cancer researcher before she passed away in 2009.

Harris writes that her parents “met and fell in love at Berkeley while participating in the civil rights movement,” but the couple later divorced when Harris and her sister, Maya, were young. Harris credits her?mother for “shaping us into the women we would become” and for teaching her daughters to be proud of both their?Indian and African American heritage.

Harris graduates from law school in 1989. "My first grade teacher, Mrs. Wilson (left), came to cheer me on," Harris said. "My mom was pretty proud, too."

A career of “firsts”: In 1982, Harris enrolled at Howard University, a historically Black university in the heart of Washington, DC. She would later become the first HBCU graduate to be elected vice president.

After graduating from law school, Harris spent three decades as a prosecutor, serving as a deputy district attorney for Oakland’s Alameda County before she was elected in 2004 to be district attorney of San Francisco.

In 2011, Harris became the first African American, first woman, and first Asian American elected to be the attorney general of California.

Harris, as a new member of the Senate, participates in a re-enacted swearing-in with Vice President Joe Biden in January 2017. She is the first Indian American and the second African American woman to serve as a US senator.

From prosecutor to politician: When Harris was elected to be a California senator, she said, “I was a US senator-elect – the first Black woman from my state, and the second in the nation’s history, to earn that job,” she wrote.

On January 20, 2021, Harris was sworn in as the country’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president. In her role as president of the Senate, according to the White House, Harris set a new record for the most tie-breaking votes cast by a vice president.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign announced Monday that it raised $81 million in the first 24 hours since Harris announced she will seek the Democratic nomination.?

In a statement, Harris campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz called it a “historic outpouring of support” for the vice president.?

Harris lauded President Joe Biden’s legacy while speaking at a White House event earlier Monday in her first public appearance since Biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed her.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a media availability in the US Capitol building on Monday, July 22, in Washington, DC.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries praised Vice President Kamala Harris’s work to earn the nomination so far, but stopped short of endorsing her ahead of their meeting with the Vice President.

Some context: Multiple sources have told CNN that Schumer and Jeffries will endorse Harris as soon as today. At a news conference earlier today, Jeffries said he was “excited” to meet with Harris later in the day.

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign account is seen on X.com on Monday, July 22.

While the Swifties and Bey Hive dream of a world where Taylor Swift and Beyoncé come together to jointly endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, one singer is already getting the party started: British pop singer Charli XCX has entered the virtual chat, posting “kamala IS brat” on X on Sunday.

If you don’t understand what that means, you are both not alone and in a safe space. Welcome to “Bratology 101.”

What is a “brat” in the world of Charli XCX: The title of Charli XCX’s sixth studio album, “Brat” is less a noun than it is a concept, though it is also a thing. “You’re just like that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things some times,”?she explained in a video shared on TikTok. “Who feels like herself but maybe also has a breakdown. But kind of like parties through it, is very honest, very blunt. A little bit volatile. Like, does dumb things. But it’s brat. You’re brat. That’s brat.”

Many theorize that it is the antithesis to the “clean” and “highly groomed” aspect so often on display by social media influencers. There is even a “brat” color, a very specific shade of chartreuse, which the internet has all but declared as?the?color of the summer.

Team Harris’ response: The camp signaled to the internet it understood the compliment and is embracing it. Those visiting?the official Kamala HQ account?on X, which links to her official site, are met with a background photo in the “brat” green color and the vice president’s name in the same font as sported on Charli XCX’s album.

Gen Z voters: If Harris secures the Democratic nomination, she’ll be working for every vote in the race against former President Donald Trump. Younger voters could prove essential to the outcome of the 2024 election. David Hogg, a 24-year-old activist and co-founder of the March for Our Lives movement formed after a mass shooting while he was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida,?shared Charli XCX’s post?on Sunday. “The amount this single tweet may have just done for the youth vote is not insignificant,” Hogg wrote.

US\ Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during a news conference at Washington National Airport on April 24, in Arlington, Virginia.

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg held a call with donors to his past presidential campaign Monday to encourage them to support Kamala Harris’ candidacy, according to a source familiar with the call.?

Buttigieg endorsed his former 2020 rival Sunday.

The call marks another example of how some Democrats are working to coalesce support and financial resources around the vice president since she announced her intention to seek the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 race.?

In a statement Sunday, Buttigieg, who headlined a $2 million fundraiser with Harris on Saturday, described the vice president as “the right person to take up the torch, defeat Donald Trump, and succeed Joe Biden as President.”

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

With President Joe Biden’s?support?unleashing a flood of endorsements from many prominent Democrats, Kamala Harris has emerged as the?favorite to take his place?as the party’s nominee for president.

Harris immediately?received the endorsements?of many Democratic party leaders and inherited the Biden campaign’s war chest. The campaign?formally amended filings?with the Federal Election Commission to rename its principal committee and declare Harris a candidate for president.

Now, the conversation is fast moving around who will serve as Harris’ running mate.

Here are some potential candidates to run alongside Harris:

Read more about Harris’ potential running mates here.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, June 27.

Former President Donald Trump and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke earlier this month and discussed the possibility of Kennedy endorsing Trump’s campaign or potentially taking on a role in Trump’s administration if he wins reelection, the Washington Post reported on Monday.?

Trump and Kennedy spoke following the attempted assassination of Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania earlier this month. The two discussed Kennedy potentially endorsing Trump and dropping out of the race, the Post reported.?

They also discussed potential roles for Kennedy in a hypothetical second Trump administration, including Cabinet-level positions and posts that don’t require Senate confirmation, the Post reported. No agreement was made between the two,?in part due to concern from Trump’s aides about promising a job in the administration in exchange for an endorsement, according to the Post.??

CNN has reached out to the Trump campaign and the Kennedy campaign for comment.?

Some context: A portion of Trump and Kennedy’s conversations were revealed by Kennedy’s son, Bobby Kennedy III, who posted on social media a video of a phone call between the two in which Trump appeared to endorse false theories about the safety of vaccines. Kennedy III has since deleted the video of the call

When Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday, she said she wants to earn Democratic support and not receive a coronation,?a source familiar with the call told CNN. She has also shared this sentiment on additional calls with House Democrats.

Jeffries, who said Harris is exciting the Democratic base, continues to be measured even though countless Democrats have already offered their endorsement to Harris.

Jeffries’?office declined to comment.?

Ohio Republican State Sen. George Lang speaks at Sen. JD Vance's first solo rally as Donald Trump's running?mate on Monday, July 22.

Ohio Republican State Sen. George Lang told the crowd at Sen. JD Vance’s first solo rally as Donald Trump’s running?mate that it would take a “civil war” to save the country if the GOP ticket isn’t elected this fall.

“We are in the fight for the soul of our nation. We are in a fight for our kids and our grandkids, a fight that we can never imagine,” he said.

The Ohio Republican called the United States the “greatest experiment in the history of mankind,” and remarked that if the country did devolve into civil war, he was “glad we got people like Schmitty and the Bikers for Trump on our side,” referencing the several members of the biker group in attendance.

When Lang took the stage, he led the crowd in a “fight, fight, fight” chant, a new rallying cry for the GOP after the assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania, days before the Republican National Convention.

President Joe Biden completed his Paxlovid regimen Monday and his symptoms have “almost resolved completely,” according to his physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor.?

“President Biden completed his tenth dose of PAXLOVID this morning. His symptoms have almost resolved completely. His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain absolutely normal,” said O’Connor in a letter published by the White House. “His oxygen saturation continues to be excellent on room air. His lungs remain clear. The President continues to perform all of his presidential duties. I will continue to keep your office updated with any changes in his condition or treatment plan.”

The president tested positive for Covid-19 on July 17. Since then, he’s been isolating at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, from where he made the decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race.

Paxlovid is usually administered as two doses per days over five days.

The White House is seen in May 2023.

Ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit Monday, the mood at Biden campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, is mixed—ranging from grief to relief to excitement—according to multiple sources.

In the last 24 hours, the campaign has gone through a seismic shift, from rallying around President Joe Biden as the top of the party’s ticket to pivoting to Harris. In the early hours Monday, the campaign quietly debuted a new logo, becoming the Harris for President campaign.

Some?of the top questions?and anxieties?for staffers?initially?centered on logistics—whether headquarters would remain in Wilmington—and whether everyone would stay on board. There have been?no?communications from senior staff to suggest otherwise.?

CNN previously reported that during an all-staff call Sunday, leadership told everyone they still have a campaign job.?

Most of the rank-and-file staff had relocated to Delaware, signing leases and making plans through November.?

But one source described brewing anticipation ahead of Harris’ pending visit, expected later Monday afternoon.?That visit could send an important signal and boost to those who had uprooted their lives for the Delaware-based candidacy.?

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference outside the Capitol on June 27.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries lauded President Joe Biden’s accomplishments in office but did not explicitly endorse Vice President Kamala Harris at a news conference on Monday.

Asked if he would endorse Harris, Jeffries said he was scheduled to meet shortly with Harris alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

“I’m excited for that meeting,” he said. “Vice President Kamala Harris has excited the community, she’s excited the House Democratic Caucus, and she’s exciting the country.”

Some context: Multiple sources have told CNN that Schumer and Jeffries will endorse Harris as soon as today.

Pennsylvania’s Democratic voting delegates unanimously endorsed Kamala Harris for president in a Monday meeting, according to a Democratic source present at the meeting.?

Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a reception in the Rose Garden of the White House in May.

Future Forward, the major Democratic super political action committee operating with the blessing of the White House, has secured $150 million in commitments from Democratic donors in the last 24 hours since President Joe Biden announced his decision not to seek re-election, a senior aide to Future Forward says.

The commitments came from donors who were either uncommitted, unsure or previously stalled, the aide added.

The group earlier this year reserved $250 million in digital and television advertisements to begin at the Democratic National Convention. The super PAC has also spent the first part of the year producing and testing ads as well as surveying voters heading into November’s election.

President Joe Biden speaks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a meeting in the East Room of the White House in April.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the State Department senior leadership team to tell them that he spoke with President Biden, who wants the State Department to “continue full steam ahead over the next six months,” according to a State Department spokesperson.

Miller said Blinken did not consider postponing his upcoming trip to the Indo-Pacific region after Biden announced that he was exiting the 2024 presidential race.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaks to Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address in the US Capitol in March 2022.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy?Pelosi has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris and Pelosi spoke on Sunday, a source familiar with the call told CNN.

Pelosi had previously told Biden in private that polls showed he could not win, sources told CNN.

Sen. Lindsey Graham attends a press conference at the US Capitol in December.

Unlike the majority of his conference, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said that he respects President Joe Biden’s decision not to seek reelection, and praised Biden’s “lifelong service” to the US.

Some context: This statement puts Graham more in line with?Sens.?Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney, as many other Republicans in Congress call on Biden to resign or accuse Democrats of attempting to deny Democratic primary voters their choice.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, one of the Democrats speculated as a possible running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, signaled an openness to being on the ticket with Harris.

He told Dana Bash on CNN’s Inside Politics “obviously, if somebody asks, I’d take a serious look at it,” but that “my phone hasn’t rung yet.”

Polis cautioned “we’re not even there” in the process, but “I appreciate the question.”

“I hope she puts her time into it and picks the person who will best help her win and be a governing partner for her,” Polis said of Harris’ search for a running mate.

“I think there’s a lot of great people out there,” he added, and said that he likes the idea of a governor as her running mate.

“Kamala Harris is going to be an amazing president,” he said.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speak to the press outside the White House in February.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will soon endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision.

At a news conference on Monday,?Jeffries said the two would meet with Harris “in short order,” adding that after that meeting they will “have more to say about the path forward.”

The meeting, originally set for Monday, is now expected on Tuesday.

The post was updated as the meeting with Harris will now take place tomorrow.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief of staff Lorraine Voles and Lieutenant Governor of California Eleni Kounalakis led a call this morning with around 350 Democratic donors, fundraisers, and supporters, a longtime Democratic fundraiser and supporter of Harris told CNN.?

The call was held at 8 a.m. Monday morning, the supporter said. The source, who was on the call, said by gathering Harris’ core supporters from her previous campaigns and newly interested donors, they hoped to get everyone to “row the right way.”

It’s yet another sign of how fast the apparatus around Harris is moving to ensure she’s at the top of the ticket come November. The source said it’s a working assumption that Harris will secure the official nomination.

Several prominent Democratic donors previously told CNN they are feeling “reinvigorated” after President Joe Biden’s decision to exit the race and are ready to open their checkbooks to get Harris on the top of the ticket and defeat Republican nominee Donald Trump.

CNN reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.?

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks in Philadelphia in February 2023.

Democratic leaders and lawmakers have largely coalesced behind Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden’s exit from the race. Politicians, caucuses and delegates have all rallied behind the Vice President.

Here are some of the key endorsements Harris has gathered so far:

Remember: Despite Biden’s backing and the growing Democratic support for Harris, it remains unclear whether Harris will become the nominee, or what process the party will take to select an alternative. The DNC chair has said the party will employ a “transparent and orderly process to move forward” in choosing a candidate.

Rep. Tim Burchett speaks with CNN's Manu Raju on Monday.

GOP Rep. Tim Burchett referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as a “DEI hire,” as she is on track to become the first woman of color nominated for president by a major party.

Asked whether adding her to the ticket could hurt former President Donald Trump’s chances, Buchett replied, “I think President Trump will actually do better. I think she will continue to stumble, because the number one issue outside of all of this going on up here is the border. She couldn’t find the border if she had a compass and a map.”

Some context: DEI is an acronym that stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. DEI initiatives date back to the?civil rights movement, when activists worked to create more diverse and inclusive workplaces for people of color and other marginalized groups. Programs promoting DEI at universities and workplaces have come under attack by Republicans and eight anti-DEI bills have been signed into law, including in Texas and Florida.

Another GOP voice says Trump can beat any candidate: Speaking after Biden exited the race and endorsed Harris as his replacement, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan argued that Trump can beat whoever the Democrats choose to be their nominee.

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Capitol Hill on Monday.

The Secret Service has made adjustments to security around Vice President Kamala Harris since Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race Sunday, agency director Kimberly Cheatle said while testifying before the House Oversight?Committee Monday about?the assassination attempt against Donald Trump.

Cheatle added that security assessments have continued to be adjusted for the agency’s other protectees as well as protected sites in Washington, DC, since the shooting last Saturday. There were also additional reviews done ahead of the Republican National Convention last week.

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during an event in New Orleans on July 5.

When Rev. Al Sharpton’s phone rang Sunday night, on the line was Vice President Kamala Harris, who just hours prior had received the most consequential phone call of her political career.?

In Sharpton’s telling, the vice president sounded perhaps almost taken aback by the events of the past day. “I had no idea it was going to happen,” Harris said, according to Sharpton, who spoke with CNN Monday.?

But Harris was also emphatic and upbeat as she made clear to the civil rights activist about her new campaign for the presidency: I’m going to go all in.?

The tenor and contents of that conversation between Sharpton and Harris could not have been in starker contrast from their previous chat at the Essence festival earlier in the month. As President Joe Biden was hanging on for his political life, fielding growing calls from Democrats to drop out of the 2024 race, Harris had pleaded with Sharpton to stick with the president.?

“She kept telling me – stay with Joe,” Sharpton recalled of the earlier conversation.

Harris’ brief conversation with Sharpton late Sunday, lasting only a handful of minutes, was one of dozens upon dozens of calls that the vice president made in the immediate hours after Biden announced his decision to drop out, as she works to quickly coalesce the party behind her.?

Many CEOs are relieved President Joe Biden is passing the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris, Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld says.

“They were euphoric,” Sonnenfeld, known as the “CEO whisperer,” told CNN Monday.

Sonnenfeld, president and founder of Yale’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute, said he has?heard positive reactions to Biden stepping aside from CEOs in finance, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and even tech.

Of course, some CEOs,?like Tesla boss Elon Musk,?are staunchly in favor of former President Donald Trump.

But Sonnenfeld argues that many other business leaders are opposed to the Trump agenda.

Trump’s aggressive trade agenda, in particular, could concern leading CEOs of multinational companies.

That’s why, according to Sonnenfeld, CEOs “overwhelmingly” view Harris, not Trump, as the more pro-business candidate, “without a doubt,” he said.??

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.

Speaking at her first public appearance since President Joe Biden exited the 2024 presidential race Sunday afternoon, Vice President Kamala Harris commended the president’s legacy.

Biden “wanted to be here today” and is recovering “fast” from his Covid-19 diagnosis, she added.

The president has publicly endorsed Harris to succeed him as the 2024 Democratic nominee for president.

Harris did not reference the upcoming presidential election and she went on to celebrate the NCAA championship athletes.

Rep. Kweisi Mfume speaks with CNN's Manu Raju on Monday.

House Democrats on Monday expressed new optimism that a potential nomination of Kamala Harris could turn around a campaign that has been going Donald Trump’s way.

Some more moderate members dismissed GOP attacks that she would be a left-wing presence atop the ticket.

Asked whether there should be some coordination amongst Democrats to minimize possible challenges to Harris, the Florida Democrat replied:

“There’s going to be a process, but part of the process is getting endorsements, getting the delegates, right. She’s working on that. First of all, in order to have a process you have to have a challenger, and so far, no one has stepped up to challenge her.”

Rep. Kweisi Mfume told CNN’s Manu Raju, “I’m convinced that at the end of the day, you’re going to see an overwhelming outpouring of support for the vice president. And if there is an attempt to have an open convention, I don’t know who in the world could expect to win.”?

Rep. Dan Goldman of New York added that Harris will be able to run on the Biden administration’s legislative successes, while also touting her experience as a prosecutor if she becomes the nominee.

Vice President Kamala Harris welcomes NCAA champion soccer player Jordynn Dudley to the stage on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.

Vice President Kamala Harris is speaking now?at an event celebrating the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship teams from the 2023-2024 season.

The event marks Harris’ first public appearance since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race Sunday afternoon and endorsed her to replace him as democratic nominee.

Vice President Kamala Harris will head to Wilmington, Delaware, later this afternoon to greet campaign staff as she begins “the first full day” of her campaign, according to updated guidance from her office and a social media post on X.?

Harris will travel to Wilmington at 3:10 p.m. ET, according to her office.?

The visit comes as the formerly Biden-Harris campaign apparatus becomes the Harris for President campaign.

Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff attend an event at the White House in May.

When Vice President Kamala Harris got the call Sunday from President Joe Biden that he would be dropping out of the 2024 race, her husband, Doug Emhoff, was not physically by her side.?

The second gentleman was on the road for previously scheduled travel – Arizona on Friday followed by Los Angeles, which is where he has been through Monday morning, according to his spokesperson Liza Acevedo.

Emhoff is returning later today to Washington, DC, where the vice president has spent the last day reaching out to Democratic leaders and others to shore up support for her new campaign for president.?

Emhoff’s trip to Arizona was on behalf of the campaign – he appeared at an event with Black leaders of the state and attended the opening of a field office.?The campaign did not advise a trip to Los Angeles for the second gentleman.?

Delegations have started endorsing Kamala Harris as the 2024 democratic presidential candidate. The Democratic convention will take place from August 19 to August 22 in Chicago, Illinois.

Here are some of the delegations that have publicly endorsed Harris:

Jeff Zients speaks in the East Room of the White House in February 2023.

President Joe Biden’s chief of staff Jeff Zients held a call on Monday with all White House staff in the Biden administration, as staff across the board are reeling from the president’s stunning decision Sunday to drop out of the 2024 race.?

While Zients told his teams that he was given legal guidance to avoid discussing politics from his official perch, two sources familiar said, he made more than clear that he’s rooting for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Zients expressed gratitude on both calls for everything that has been accomplished so far in the Biden-Harris administration, and emphasized that there is more work to do and the need for everyone to stick together and focus on finishing out the remaining months of the administration, the sources said.

The number of democratic leaders pledging their support for Vice President Kamala Harris continues to grow following President Joe Biden’s Sunday endorsement of her for the democratic ticket after he dropped out of the race.

Here’s a look at some of the governors who have followed suit:

Sen. Chuck Schumer departs from the Senate Chambers in the US Capitol in March.

In the days after?President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer?was cautious as he weighed what would be the best way for Democrats to respond to the looming crisis at the top of the ticket,?a source close to Schumer told CNN.?

Schumer wanted?to understand what the?broad?impact would be and what the polls would show.

As is?common?with Schumer, he connected regularly with?his?members and influential?donors and continuously talked with Biden campaign officials directly. Schumer – like many other Democrats – did not believe calling publicly for Biden to step aside would be the most productive approach, fearing it could embarrass and lead Biden to perhaps even dig in.?

Schumer thought the best approach may be to appeal to Biden’s sense of legacy, the source said.

Publicly, Schumer continued to say, “I’m with Joe,” and in private meetings with his caucus, he urged members to be restrained and deliver their messages privately to the president and his team.

But the source said Schumer was well aware of the concerns within his caucus, which came into even clearer focus at?a Democratic caucus lunch in the Senate two weeks ago. Schumer called?Steve?Ricchetti and?Jeff?Zients and asked top Biden advisers to come hear directly from the caucus two days later in an effort to convince members to not publicly come out against Biden.

That Thursday, Mike Donilon, Ricchetti and Jen O’Malley Dillon came to the meeting, but Schumer was still worried, the source said, that his caucus’ concerns were not breaking through to Biden. Schumer reached out to former House Speaker Nancy?Pelosi,?former President Barack?Obama and House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Schumer ulitmately requested a meeting with Biden, which would come two days later.??

A source with knowledge of the Saturday meeting said that Schumer drove to Rehoboth Beach and met one-on-one with the president for 35 minutes. Schumer began by talking about their friendship over the years but then focused on three areas: Biden’s legacy, the future of the country and the impact on Congress and the Supreme Court. At the end of the meeting, Schumer told Biden: “I do not expect you to walk out of this room making a decision, but I hope you will think about what I said.”

Biden told Schumer that he needed another week. The two men hugged, the source with knowledge of the meeting said. NBC was first to report.

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at an event in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, in 2022.

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday praised President Joe Biden for making the “right decision” and “putting the interests” of the nation “ahead of his own.”

Pence called on both parties’ leaders to “project calm and send a message of strength and resolve.”

“After the assassination attempt on President Trump and President Biden’s decision to end his campaign, now is a time for leaders in both parties to project calm and send a message of strength and resolve to America’s friends and enemies alike that, whatever the state of our politics, the American people are strong and our American military stands ready to defend our freedom and our vital national interests anywhere in the world,” he added.

Pence broke with his former boss, Donald Trump, to certify the 2020 electoral college results on January 6, 2021, when a mob broke into the US Capitol building, some of whom were chanting “hang Mike Pence.”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer waits to speak at an event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2022.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee.

“Today, I am fired up to endorse Kamala Harris for President of the United States,” Whitmer wrote in a statement.

Her endorsement came alongside other Democratic governors in key midwestern states, including Govs. JB Pritzker, Tim Walz, and Tony Evers.

In her statement, Whitmer praised Harris’ ability to win over Michigan voters and slammed former President Donald Trump.

Considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, Whitmer had praised Biden in a statement on Sunday after his decision to step aside. She joined a Michigan staff call for the Harris for President campaign on Sunday night, saying her job remains the same — preventing Trump from returning to the White House.

House Speaker Mike Johnson talks to reporters at the US Capitol on June 28.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday he expects lawsuits at the state level attempting to fight the possible addition of Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket.?

Johnson also said emphatically that Harris “would not be tougher to beat” than President Joe Biden.

The Louisiana Republican would not specify which laws Democrats would allegedly break by replacing Biden with Harris atop the ticket while speaking to CNN’s Manu Raju.

But legal challenges to Democrats’ move to nominate a new presidential candidate stand little likelihood of success, election law experts told CNN.

Johnson said Harris has vulnerabilities that the GOP would seek to exploit.

Johnson also demanded Biden resign.

President Joe Biden speaks at an event in Tokyo in 2022.

Global markets made solid gains after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential election Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.

European stocks saw an uptick and morning trading in the US was higher following Biden’s announcement.

The Dow rose 123.7 points, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% and the Nasdaq was 1.1% higher. European markets were also higher, and Asian markets closed mostly lower. US Treasuries rose slightly early Monday, trimming yields, and the dollar was softer against major currencies.

Significant doubt about Biden’s ability to beat former President Donald Trump led Wall Street to begin to price in a Trump victory in November. That became apparent with so-called Trump trades, in which investors bought up stocks they believed Trump’s tariff-heavy agenda could benefit — and they likewise sold off stocks related to green energy and other industries traders believed Trump’s policies could hurt.

Meanwhile, a large number of economists have predicted Trump’s policies would make America’s inflation problem worse, and he would balloon the US deficit. As Trump’s fortunes appeared to advance in recent weeks, US Treasury prices fell and yields rose, which they often do in anticipation of higher inflation.

With the Democratic party now apparently coalescing around Harris as its likely nominee, some of those Trump trades could begin to unwind — or at least go on hiatus until new polling begins to show whether or not Harris appears to stand a better chance against Trump than Biden did.

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at an event in September 2023 in Washington, DC.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?posted a fundraising appeal for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign Monday, urging supporters to “become a part of this historic campaign today.”?

“But she can’t do it alone. Become a part of this historic campaign today,” the post continued.

Clinton spoke with Harris Sunday as part of the more than 10 hours she spent working the phones to rally support from Democratic leaders, CNN’s MJ Lee reported.

Both Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, endorsed Harris in a joint statement Sunday.

Vice President Kamala Harris attends an event at the White House in June 2021.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign — formerly President Joe Biden’s campaign — debuted a new logo early Monday morning, just hours after Biden announced he’d withdraw from the presidential race and endorse his vice president’s 2024 bid.

In an email touting the slew of Democratic officials and lawmakers backing Harris, the campaign — which is still operating from its?joebiden.com?domain — unveiled the new logo, which features “Harris for President,” in the same font used in its original logo.?

The website also featured the new logo on?its online merchandise shop, along with new items featuring Harris’ likeness.

A spokesperson for the campaign confirms the new logo is the campaign’s official logo moving forward.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, one of the Democratic politicians regarded as a possible running mate to Vice President Kamala Harris if she secures the party’s nomination, declined to say whether he would consider joining Harris on the Democratic ticket if asked.?

In an MSNBC interview on Monday, Cooper sidestepped questions about his openness to being the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, and said he feels it’s important to defer the conversation toward Harris, whom he endorsed on Sunday.?

“I think it’s really important that we do keep the focus on her this week. The vice-presidential conversation needs to occur later,” he continued.

Cooper, who spoke to Harris as she made dozens of calls to Democratic leaders across the country yesterday, said the two spoke about how to win his home state of North Carolina and maintain control of the White House. He said he believes Harris will be a particular draw for young voters and suburban women.?

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in June 2022.

While Vice President Kamala Harris said she is “honored” to receive President Biden’s endorsement, she intends to?“earn and win” the Democratic nomination herself. And even though it’s unclear if she’ll go unchallenged, many Democratic lawmakers have already began?backing her bid?to become the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead the ticket of a major political party.

Here’s a look at what some Democratic lawmakers are saying:

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to supporters in Richmond, Kentucky in October 2023.Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who is considered a potential running mate atop the Democratic ticket, on Monday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s presidential nominee and said he would be open to running with her.

Asked on MSNBC if he was “at least open to the possibility of being a running mate to Vice President Harris,” Beshear responded: “I think if somebody calls you on that, what you do is, is at least listen.”

He added that he doesn’t know “how that process is going to work” but “it’s flattering to be a part of it.”

Beshear also gave Harris a full-throated endorsement, stating: “The vice president is ready. She has my full endorsement. I’m going to do everything I can to support her.”

The Kentucky politician sought to draw a contrast between Harris and Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.

Beshear?spoke with Harris on Sunday, according to a source with knowledge of the call. The call between the two Democrats was one of a few the vice president fielded after President Joe Biden announced he was discontinuing his presidential campaign.?

Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver remarks today at the White House, in her first appearance since President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed her to succeed him.

Harris will deliver remarks?at an event celebrating the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship teams from the 2023-2024 season.

Last year, every national champion from the past academic year was invited, with 52 teams traveling to Washington for the event,?according to the NCAA.

Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to the press outside the US Capitol on July 11.

Independent West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Monday “I am not going to be a candidate for president” following Joe Biden’s exit from the race.

CNN previously reported that Manchin, a former Democrat, was considering re-registering with the party to throw his hat in the ring for the party’s nomination, even as Democratic leaders coalesce around Vice President Kamala Harris to replace Biden on the party’s ticket.

Earlier Monday, Manchin told CNN’s Kasie Hunt that he was “pursuing the process” but acknowledged “it’s almost impossible” for him to win the Democratic nomination after he announced in May that he was leaving the party to become an Independent.?

Manchin also made clear on CNN that he’s not interested in being the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, arguing: “It’s time for a new generation.”

“I haven’t worked with Kamala at all,” he said.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama attend an event at the White House in April 2022.

Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, per a source familiar.

This was part of the more than 10 hours that the vice president spent working the phones Sunday afternoon and into the evening to rally support from Democratic leaders after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.

As CNN has reported, in less than a day, Harris reached more than 100 party leaders, lawmakers, governors, labor leaders and leaders of advocacy and civil rights organizations.?

Obama’s statement did not endorse Harris, opting instead to let the party process play out. In contrast, the Clintons expressed their support for the vice president.

The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump Republican group,?released a new video on Monday celebrating Joe Biden’s presidency and backing Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.

Harris, the video says, “will bring something to Trump he’s rarely seen: Justice.”

Watch the full video here.

US stock futures?rebounded Monday after the worst week Wall Street has seen since April. It was the market’s first reaction to President Joe Biden’s Sunday announcement that he would drop out of the 2024 presidential race.

Significant doubt about Biden’s ability to beat former President Donald Trump led Wall Street to begin to price in a Trump victory in November. That became apparent with so-called Trump trades, in which investors bought up stocks they believed Trump’s tariff-heavy agenda could benefit – and they likewise sold off stocks related to green energy and other industries traders believed Trump’s policies could hurt.

Meanwhile, a large number of economists have predicted Trump’s policies would?make America’s inflation problem worse, and he would balloon the US deficit. As Trump’s fortunes appeared to advance in recent weeks, US Treasury prices fell and yields rose, which they often do in anticipation of higher inflation.

With the Democratic party now apparently coalescing around Vice President Kamala Harris as its likely nominee, some of those Trump trades could begin to unwind – or at least go on hiatus until new polling begins to show whether or not Harris appears to stand a better chance against Trump than Biden did.

Dow futures rose 60 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures were up 0.4% and Nasdaq future were 0.7% higher. European markets were higher, and Asian markets closed mostly lower. US Treasuries rose a bit early Monday, trimming yields, and the dollar was softer against major currencies.

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in January.

With his exit from the presidential race, President Joe Biden has set the stage for his Democratic successor to answer for the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery.

Here’s a little on how that looks:

Jobs remain stable: The labor market remains reassuringly steady, even as job gains cooled modestly last month. The US economy?added 206,000 jobs in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported July 5, a small dip from?May’s tally of 215,000 jobs.

Strong economy: The economy remains historically strong. June marked the economy’s 42nd consecutive month of job growth, the fifth-longest employment expansion on record.

Interest rates remain elevated: The June jobs report also indicated that wage growth is cooling, with average hourly earnings rising 0.3% for the month and slowing to a gain of 3.9% on an annual basis, its lowest rate in three years. Slowing wages could help set the stage for the?Federal Reserve?to begin cutting interest?rates?— if they also end up translating into slower?inflation.

Inflation rates tentatively improving: Inflation rates are nowhere near the pandemic-era peak reached in June 2022, when US inflation?hit 9.1%, its highest annual rate in more than 40 years. As of last month, annual inflation was 3%, down from 3.3% in May, according to the Consumer Price Index.

Read more about the economy under Biden here.

President Joe Biden departs the White House on July 15, in Washington, DC.

With just over 100 days until the election, here’s what comes next for the rest of President Joe Biden’s presidency and for the presidential race:

Is Biden still the president? Yes. Biden’s announcement exclusively pertained to his role as the Democratic candidate in the presidential election. It has no bearing on his current role as president, which he said he intends to serve out. Biden will remain president until his successor is sworn in on January 20, 2025.

Biden endorsed Harris. Does that make her the Democratic nominee? No. Kamala Harris said she was “honored” to receive Biden’s endorsement and intends to “earn and win” the nomination for president.

But none of this automatically makes her the nominee.

How will the Democratic nominee be chosen??CNN’s Zachary Wolf and Ethan Cohen have?laid out how the complex process to replace Biden?will likely play out.

Delegates will now select the nominee during the Democratic convention in Chicago next month — or, potentially, during a?virtual roll call.

Biden won nearly all of the delegates during the primary process; they were approved by his campaign and pledged to vote for the president. So, while the delegates can vote however they like, it will largely be Biden backers who will be picking the nominee.

That doesn’t mean a candidate who isn’t endorsed by Biden couldn’t attempt to secure the nomination. Some Democrats are calling for an “open process” to replace him, which would see other candidates in addition to Harris join the race.

Read the full story.

A CNN Poll of Polls average of recent polls testing Vice President Kamala Harris against former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election found a close race with no clear leader.?

The CNN Poll of Polls is an average of the six most recent nonpartisan national surveys of registered or likely voters that meet CNN’s standards and ask about a 2024 presidential general election between Harris and Trump.?

The Poll of Polls includes results from the CBS News/YouGov poll conducted from July 16 to 18, the NBC News poll conducted July 7 to 9, the Fox News poll conducted July 7 to 10, the NPR/PBS News/Marist College poll conducted July 9 to 10, the ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted July 5 to 9 and the CNN poll conducted June 28 to 30.

Results show Trump holds 48% support in the average of six recent polls testing the matchup, while Harris holds 47%. Each poll was conducted after the CNN Presidential Debate last month and just one – the CBS/YouGov poll – was after the assassination attempt on Trump on July 13.

Surveys including named third-party or independent candidates are not included. When a pollster has released multiple polls in that timeframe, only their most recent is included in the average.

Vice President Kamala Harris raised $49.6 million in grassroots donations for her campaign after President Joe Biden endorsed her, according to campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt.

Also on Sunday, the Democratic online fundraising platform ActBlue said: “This has been the biggest fundraising day of the 2024 cycle.”

Remember: CNN has?previously reported that some donors?– fearing a Republican rout in November should Biden remain atop the ticket – were withholding contributions or putting fundraising events on hold as the president faced pressure from some Democrats to exit the race.

This post has been updated with the latest figures.

Kamala Harris has?spent much more of her life as a prosecutor than as a senator or vice president – and that is exactly how she is now going to run against Donald Trump.

In sessions quietly underway at the Naval Observatory even before Joe Biden’s disastrous debate,?Harris and her inner circle had already landed on the plan to?look past whoever Trump picked?as his running mate and focus almost exclusively?on the former president.

The vice president?had expected that to be part of her role in making the case for Biden. But it became clearer over the last month that she was likely going to make the case for herself.

Now that?Biden has stepped aside, over a dozen advisers and close allies?told?CNN they think?her candidacy will?lean heavily on her background as a district attorney, attorney general and cross-examiner in Senate hearings.

It is simple, they say: prosecutor versus felon.

The strategy?will be a return to the “prosecutor for president” framework of her 2020 presidential campaign.

In those days, her team was?stretching the rhetoric.?But this year, the GOP nominee has been?found guilty in a New York hush money trial, liable for battery in a civil case, and?faces two other criminal cases related to subverting the 2020 election.

Read the full story.

CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein has said he believes a battle for the Democratic nomination is unlikely, citing a “formidable list” of governors and senators already endorsing Kamala Harris.

As for her running mate, Brownstein says Harris has two paths: “balance the ticket, or double down.”

“The most traditional thing to do would be to balance the ticket with a White male elected official from a key swing state,” Brownstein said, adding that the list would include Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen.?Mark Kelly?and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.

Alternatively, Harris could pick Whitmer as her running mate “to create a high risk, potentially high reward all-female ticket, which would certainly generate a lot of excitement,” Brownstein said.

Shortly after Joe Biden announced he was exiting the presidential race, supporters and critics alike gathered outside the White House in Washington, DC.

Some held signs thanking Biden, including one on a stroller that read: “My future is brighter because of you.”

A few others wore red with signs saying:

Take a look at the scene:

Children hold banners outside the White House after US President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the presidential election on July 21.

A person holds balloons outside the White House after US President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the election on July 21.

Anna Filipic, of Washington, DC, holds her daughter Louisa Monje, 2, outside the White House on July 21, as they show support for President Joe Biden.?

Hugh, 10, holds a thank-you sign outside of the White House on July 21.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins spoke to Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump minutes after President Joe Biden announced that he is exiting the 2024 presidential race.

Here’s what he told her:

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts praised President Joe Biden, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper Sunday night that he has been a “transformative president.”

Warren, who has joined Biden in endorsing Kamala Harris to succeed him, expressed confidence in the vice president’s ability to win and said she was ready for the job.

Warren also contrasted Harris’ record as a prosecutor with Donald Trump’s as a felon.

“When the guy on the other side is a convicted felon… that former prosecutor, Kamala Harris, is going to be the right person to hold Donald Trump accountable,” Warren said.

Harris will “bring our party together,” Warren added.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event in Portage, Michigan, on July 17.

Before President Joe Biden announced he is suspending his reelection bid, Vice President Kamala Harris had multiple phone conversations with the president about his decision Sunday morning, according to a person familiar with the events.?

Harris was surrounded by family and staff at her residence, where she spent more than 10 hours on Sunday placing calls to over 100 party leaders, members of Congress, governors, labor leaders, and leaders of advocacy and civil rights organizations.

The vice president also called her pastor, Amos Brown III, who, along with his wife, prayed over her, the source added.

On each of those calls, Harris made clear that she was extremely grateful for the president’s endorsement but plans to work hard to earn the Democratic nomination in her own right. This echoes the statement Harris released following President Biden’s announcement to step aside.

President Joe Biden departs after speaking to the media at the White House on July 1.

Age had been President Joe Biden’s biggest political weakness ever since he launched his first campaign against former President Donald Trump five years ago.

But his faltering performance at CNN’s debate on June 27 shocked many Americans in what was their most extensive exposure to the president since the last round of debates in 2020.

In the days that followed, a growing number of Democrats called on the president to step aside in the 2024 race, Biden held a slew of events aiming to prove his fitness for office, and Trump was injured in an assassination attempt.

We’ve broken down the key events that have shaped one of the most crucial months in Biden’s career — and would eventually sunset his half-century life in politics:

Check out a timeline?of the 25 days that unraveled Biden’s campaign.

Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, announced yesterday that he is not seeking reelection.

Take a look back at his time in the Oval Office:

Biden and his wife, Jill, walk out for his inauguration in January 2021.

Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in April 2021. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, only a limited number of lawmakers were in the House chamber.?Biden's speech?focused on the administration's accomplishments thus far and unveiled key components of his next legislative push.?

A security officer asks the media to step back at the start of?a summit between Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin?in June 2021. Seated from left are US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden, Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The summit, held in Geneva, Switzerland, was the first meeting of Biden and Putin since Biden was elected President.?

Biden holds hands with?Ketanji Brown Jackson?as the Senate votes on her nomination to the US Supreme Court in April 2022. Jackson was confirmed and made history as?the first Black woman on the court.?

Biden greets Border Patrol agents near the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, in January 2023. He was making his first visit to the southern border as president.?

Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a?surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, in February 2023.

Biden, seen through a window, delivers his first-ever address from the White House Oval Office in June 2023. He declared bipartisanship alive and well, as he?pointed to the compromise?measure that raised the federal borrowing limit and avoided a catastrophic default.?

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, speaks as Biden, center, joins?striking union members?on the picket line in Belleville, Michigan, in September 2023. Biden made history by being the first sitting president to join a picket line.?

Biden, center right, is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, in October 2023. Biden capped his trip by?sending an emphatic message of support?to Israel, promising new aid to Netanyahu's government as it prepared fresh action against Hamas.?

Biden appeared to struggle with his delivery?at multiple points of a?CNN presidential debate?with Trump in June 2024. It was the first time in history that a sitting US president faced a former president in a debate. Biden's shaky debate performance?set off alarm bells among top Democrats, leaving some to openly question whether Biden could stay atop of the Democratic ticket.?

President Joe Biden leaves the podium after speaking at an event in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 16.

President Joe Biden?has ended?his reelection bid?and endorsed?Vice President Kamala Harris?to succeed him. The president said he will finish his term and will address the nation this week.

Here are the key things to know:

How we got here:?Age had been Biden’s biggest political weakness ever since he launched his first campaign against former President Donald Trump five years ago. After his faltering performance at CNN’s debate on June 27, a growing number of Democrats called on the president to drop out of the race even as Biden worked to prove his fitness for office.?Here’s the full timeline.

What happens next:?The Democratic Party will choose a new nominee. That decision will be made by the roughly 4,700 delegates to the Democratic National Convention.?Either in a?virtual roll call, which is planned for early August, or at the convention in Chicago beginning August 19, the delegates will select an eligible candidate.?The Democratic committee that determines the rules for the party’s nomination will meet on Wednesday.

What about campaign money??The campaign war chest — totaling?$95.9 million at the end of June?— would be directly available to the Democrats’ presidential ticket for use in the general election only if Harris is the party’s nominee or vice presidential nominee. If Harris does?not?end up on the Democrats’ 2024 ticket, the campaign account could be converted into a political action committee and use its funds indirectly.

Harris in the spotlight

Another possible contender:?Sources close to Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia independent, said he’s considering re-registering as a Democrat and?throwing his hat into the ring?to run for president.

The Democratic committee that will determine the rules for the party’s nomination will meet again on Wednesday afternoon, the committee’s co-chairs have announced.

“It is now the Committee’s responsibility to implement a framework to select a new nominee, which will be open, transparent, fair, and orderly,” said co-chairs Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and longtime Democratic operative Leah Daughtry.

CNN has so far been able to identify more than 500 endorsements for Vice President Kamala Harris from Democratic delegates.

That number will continue to grow, both as more delegates come out in support of the vice president and as we continue to work our way through the roughly 4,700 total delegates to the Democratic National Convention, which will be held in August in Chicago.

The count includes around 290 pledged delegates, and more than 220 automatic delegates (also known as superdelegates).?

These endorsements are not binding. And, with President Joe Biden out of the race, delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice.?

What happens now? The number of delegates a candidate will need to win the nomination will depend on whether superdelegates are allowed to vote on the first ballot, which remains an open question.?

If superdelegates aren’t allowed to vote on the first ballot, winning the nomination would require 1,976 pledged delegate votes. If they are allowed to vote, it would require roughly 2,350 votes (the number of superdelegates can shift over time).?

CNN’s count comes from public statements of support from delegates and state delegations, CNN reporting and conversations with delegates.?

With previous reporting from CNN’s Arit John, Greg Krieg and Aaron Pellish.

Democrats?have an unprecedented challenge after President Joe Biden decided?not to run for reelection, given the traditional primary season has long since ended.

Biden on Sunday?endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democrats’ nominee this fall, but he can’t make her the candidate.

Individual delegates?will now select the party’s nominee on the convention floor (or, potentially, during a?virtual roll call).

Who could replace Biden? Other potential candidates could challenge Harris. After frantic lobbying, the delegates would decide who to pick in a series of votes.

There is also another group to consider: the?“superdelegates,”?a group of about 700 senior party leaders and elected officials who are automatically delegates to the convention based on their position. Under party rules, they can’t vote on the first ballot if they could swing the nomination, but they’re free to vote on subsequent ballots. But it isn’t exactly clear how those rules would be applied in this case.

How would other candidates get into the race? Candidates must gather hundreds of signatures from delegates from several states.

They also must meet requirements, including that they are a “bona fide Democrat” and that they have “established substantial support for their nomination as the Democratic candidate” for president.

Must Democratic delegates vote for the candidate who won them? The rules say pledged delegates “shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them.”

But now that Biden is no longer a candidate, his delegates are free to vote for whomever they’d like. He doesn’t need to formally “release” his delegates.

Will the Democratic nominee have any trouble getting on the ballot? After the convention nominates a candidate, many election law experts say they won’t have much or any trouble getting on all 51 presidential ballots.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during an interview in December 2023, in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spoke with Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, according to a source with knowledge of the call, after President Joe Biden announced he was discontinuing his presidential campaign.

Beshear congratulated Harris in a statement but did not publicly endorse her.

Later on Sunday, he tweeted that he would be on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday.

Some background: CNN previously reported?that some top Democrats hoped there would be an open race for Harris’ running mate, with a focus on leading Democratic governors, notably Beshear and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.

Others mentioned include Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota.

Cooper and Shapiro endorsed Harris on Sunday.

@BidenHQ, the social media rapid response?account on X?for the Biden-Harris campaign, has officially been rebranded to @KamalaHQ, in another sign of how the Biden team has quickly shifted to its new task ahead.

When President Joe Biden huddled with his two closest advisers on Saturday, the information they provided on the polling and where top Democratic officials stood laid out a “basically non-existent” path to victory, according to a person familiar with the matter.

No single poll number, wavering Democratic official or fundraiser presented in the meeting with his long-time aides Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti that pushed Biden toward his decision, the person said.

Instead, the information underscored that the path back to a viable campaign had been severely damaged by declining national and swing state poll numbers and party defections that were likely to accelerate rapidly in the days ahead.

The information included polling and information gathered from outreach outside Biden’s inner circle.

Unlike 2015, when Biden wrote in his book “Promise me, Dad” that Donilon told the then-vice president he shouldn’t launch a 2016 campaign for president as he grieved the death of his son Beau, neither aide explicitly told Biden he should get out of the race, according to the person.

Before the end of the meeting, Biden made clear that he was planning to withdraw from the race and asked his aides to start drafting the letter he posted Sunday afternoon and prepare the outreach and operation plans for the rollout.

He confirmed that decision on Sunday morning and, with Ricchetti by his side, started making calls to key players outside of his close-knit group of senior-most aides and family members, the person said, before expanding the circle to his senior staff a minute before the announcement was posted on his X account.

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald?Trump?holds a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 20.

Top advisers to Donald Trump began the early plotting for the extraordinary potential scenario of President Joe Biden stepping aside soon after the June 27 presidential debate.

They studied up on the field of potential Democratic contenders, polled Trump against a would-be replacement, and began soft-launching more attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris, believing her to be the most likely heir-apparent.

Now, with?Biden announcing he won’t run?for reelection, the seeds of that work are already on display. Within hours of Biden dropping out of the race and endorsing his vice president on Sunday, Trump’s campaign managers had released a blistering statement tying Harris to the administration’s policies.

Meanwhile, an aligned super PAC has reserved airtime in a handful of swing states to try to define Harris to impressionable voters as someone who enabled a clearly diminished Biden.

Trump, too, worked quickly to gain the upper hand over whoever his next opponent may be by suggesting the next debate move from the agreed-upon host network, ABC,?to the friendlier confines of Fox News.

Trump’s campaign also began privately ramping up and testing new lines of attack on Harris — someone they had largely ignored since she was sworn in as vice president.

Trump’s team is planning a series of negative ads going after Harris’ record, not only under the Biden administration, but also during her time as a prosecutor and attorney general in California, a source familiar told CNN.

The messaging will come through both the campaign and at least one?super PAC aligned with the former president.

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Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill is currently not weighing in on whether Vice President Kamala Harris should be?the party’s presidential nominee?to avoid the appearance that they are forcing her candidacy onto the?voters too quickly, according to two sources familiar with their thinking.

In the hours since President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection and endorsed Harris to succeed him, dozens of Democratic lawmakers have publicly stated their support for?Harris to become the nominee.

But key party leaders have not yet done the same, and some Democratic lawmakers have called for an open process to determine the next Democratic presidential nominee.

Democratic Party leaders now face a delicate balancing act as they hope to see their party unify behind a new nominee without alienating any factions after Biden’s historic decision upended the presidential race.

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The “overwhelming majority” of state Democratic party chairs have announced their support for Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee for president, the Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC) said in a statement Sunday.

The vast majority of state party leaders voted to support Harris and no ASDC member voted in opposition, the statement said. A handful of members abstained for in-state procedural reasons, it added.

President Joe Biden?has endorsed?Harris?to succeed him after he announced his exit from the 2024 presidential race on Sunday.

Remember: Despite Biden’s backing, it remains unclear whether Harris will become the nominee, or what process the party will take to select an alternative.

Democrats are joining President Joe Biden’s call to endorse his Vice President Kamala Harris, after he announced he would no longer seek reelection.

President Joe Biden?has endorsed?Vice President Kamala Harris?to succeed him after he announced his exit from the 2024 presidential race on Sunday.

Here are some of the progressive leaders who have also expressed their support:

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Sunday with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, according to sources familiar with the calls.

Harris plans to meet with Schumer soon, a source close to Harris tells CNN.

In statements earlier praising President Joe?Biden, neither Schumer nor Jeffries mentioned Harris.

As?CNN has reported, many Democratic leaders are currently not weighing in on whether Harris should be the party’s presidential nominee so as not to appear that they are forcing her candidacy onto voters too quickly.

Separately, Schumer and Jeffries had discussed the possibility of meeting with Biden this week amid growing concerns among Democrats about his candidacy, according to multiple Democratic sources. The meeting could have escalated a clash between top Democrats and Biden over his candidacy, after Schumer and Jeffries previously conveyed widespread concerns among House and Senate Democrats about the president staying in the race in separate meetings earlier this month.

It’s not clear if Biden was aware that this potential meeting was looming. But it underscored the growing pressure Biden was facing from within his own party as he deliberated his course of action.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who had been mentioned as a possible running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris should she become the Democratic nominee, endorsed Harris for president on Sunday evening.

Cooper and Harris served together as state attorney’s generals, and one source said the two spoke briefly on Sunday.?“The governor expressed his support for her to be the nominee,” the source said.

Before President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal, prominent?Democrats and pundits had suggested Cooper?could be a potential running mate for Harris if she were to become the nominee.?The term-limited governor has not engaged publicly in discussions about that speculation.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who?had also been mentioned?as a possible running mate, endorsed Harris on Sunday.

Shapiro has also spoken to Harris on Sunday afternoon, according to two sources familiar with the calls.

CNN’s Edward-Isaac Dovere and Dianne Gallagher?contributed to this post.

President Joe Biden will end his bid for reelection and has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.

Despite Biden’s backing, it remains unclear whether Harris will become the nominee, or what process the party will take to select an alternative.

Here are some answers to frequently asked questions:

Does Harris just become the nominee??No. While Biden has already endorsed his vice president for the nomination, there’s no succession protocol for the presidential ticket in the way there is for the office. Harris will have to win a majority of the convention just like anyone else.?

What’s the “virtual roll call”??Democrats are in the process of setting up a system to conduct their presidential nomination vote remotely before the party’s convention next month.?

Under a plan presented Friday, delegates would get 24 hours’ notice before voting begins, and voting would take place via digital ballots emailed to delegates.

However, the party did not take any steps to approve the plan at Friday’s meeting. It’s not yet clear whether the party will stick with the remote vote plan or scrap it and allow the formal vote to happen on the convention floor.?

How would other candidates get into the race??Under party rules, candidates must meet certain requirements to have their names placed into nomination to be the party’s presidential candidate.?

They must gather hundreds of signatures from delegates (at least 300, but not more than 600) from several states.

Candidates also must meet a series of requirements laid out in party rules, including that they are a “bona fide Democrat” and that they have “established substantial support for their nomination as the Democratic candidate” for president. While this determination is to be made by the DNC chair, the party has not yet released more details on how eligible candidates would be determined.?

What are delegates??There are two separate sets of delegates.?

There are 3,949?pledged delegates. These are delegates who were selected through various state-level processes. About 99% of them were pledged to vote for Biden, based on his performance in primaries and caucuses around the country. The individuals who were pledged to vote for Biden were also approved by his campaign.?

Roughly 750 (747 as of the last word from the DNC – this number can change) are automatic delegates. Also known as “superdelegates,” these are individuals who serve as delegates by virtue of another position they hold or held. These delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice, but under normal circumstances, they can’t vote on the first ballot if their votes could impact the results of the nomination (it’s not exactly clear whether they’ll be able to participate on this first ballot in this case.?

Are Democratic delegates required to vote for the candidate who won them??No. Under Democratic party rules, pledged delegates “shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them.”?However, the candidates’ right of review means that delegates can be expected to be loyal to the candidate to whom they’re pledged.?

But now that Biden is no longer a candidate, his delegates are free to vote for whomever they’d like. He doesn’t need to formally “release” his delegates.

In the end,?President Joe Biden?exited the political stage in isolation.

After weeks of fighting for his political life, the president’s about-face did not come in an Oval Office address or a speech on the campaign trail. Instead, it came in a letter posted to social media as he recovered from Covid-19 at his beach house in Delaware.

It was a low-key way to?reveal?one of the most historic decisions in modern US politics,?but time was not on Biden’s side to reach a decision. Never before has a president left a reelection race this close to Election Day – and for?24 days?it seemed as if he were stubbornly planning to ride out the storm that followed the?June 27 CNN debate?in Atlanta.

He spent the three weeks after the debate repeating that he was staying in the race against former President?Donald Trump. The president dug in. His inner circle shrank to his closest aides and family. He was forced to?retreat to Delaware, where he reached a decision in the last day and a half, finally conceding that a man loyal to the Democratic Party for more than half a century was seen as a drag on the ticket.

The president’s team wanted the June CNN debate with Trump – months earlier than typical presidential debates – to shake up a race that Biden was trailing. They succeeded, but not in the way they had intended.

Instead, Biden’s campaign?unraveled.

Biden’s final decision to leave the race was reached in the last 48 hours, a senior campaign adviser said, as he consulted family and top advisers by phone while recovering from his illness. A source familiar with the matter said the plans to exit the race began Saturday night and were finalized Sunday.

The adviser said the president “was not dug in” but was studying the data and became convinced he would “weigh down” the ticket and be a complication to defeat Trump.

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Leaders from around the world have responded to US President Joe Biden’s decision to end his bid for reelection.

Among some of them:?

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President Joe Biden speaks alongside Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky during a press event at the NATO Summit in Washington, DC, on July 11.

The calls for President Joe Biden to step aside from the 2024 race grew louder and louder over the past month, triggered by a shaky performance at the CNN presidential debate with former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee.

During that debate, Biden often?defaulted to an open-mouthed, staring look while Trump was speaking. The president occasionally struggled to finish his thoughts or land punches, ceding ground on issues such as abortion where Democrats have an edge.

It had a significant impact on public confidence in the president, with his approval rating hitting a new low following the debate, according to a?CNN poll conducted by SSRS.?

That same poll found that three-quarters of?US?voters said the Democratic Party would have a better shot at holding the presidency in 2024 with someone other than?Biden?at the top of the ticket.

After the dismal debate performance, the president had a new challenge showing both international leaders and voters at home that he was up to the top job as leaders gathered in Washington for the NATO conference. In a crucial speech, Biden’s first solo press conference?since November 2023, the president referred to?Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky?as Vladimir Putin — the name of the Russian president.

Again, public confidence in Biden plummeted. And the news only got worse for the 81-year-old president when he?tested positive to Covid-19?on Wednesday.

Amid concerns about his physical and mental capabilities in the role, Biden remained steadfast: He would not exit the race.

By Thursday, even the?most senior-ranking White House officials?privately believed Biden needed to abandon his campaign for a second term, and to do it soon.

Senior Democrat Nancy Pelosi weighed in on the matter,?privately telling Biden?that polling showed he could not defeat Trump and could destroy Democrats’ chances of winning the House in November.

And on Sunday morning, hours before Biden announced his decision to step down,?independent Sen. Joe Manchin?echoed other lawmakers in encouraging Biden to “pass the torch” to a new generation of leadership.

CNN’s Betsy Klein, Kasie Hunt, MJ Lee, Lauren Fox and Kayla Tausche contributed to this post.

Vice President Kamala Harris listens as President Joe Biden speaks at the White House on July 14.

Kamala Harris has been serving as the US Vice President since 2021, when she became?America’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president.

Today, President Joe Biden endorsed her as the Democratic nominee for the upcoming presidential election.

Here are some notable moments from her time as vice president:

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Alan Kessler, a Philadelphia lawyer and longtime Democratic fundraiser, said the texts and emails began soon after news broke Sunday that President?Joe Biden?had?withdrawn from the 2024 race?and called for Vice President?Kamala Harris?to become his successor.

One, in particular, summed up the mood among Biden’s donors, he said.

After weeks of turmoil over the future of the Democratic ticket, Kessler said the campaign donors he’s courted as a bundler for Biden’s campaign are turning their full attention to Harris and committing to work on her behalf. “They’re really excited, and they are all in,” he said.

Matt Gorman, a longtime Democratic fundraiser, told CNN, “My phone’s been ringing off the hook.”

Gorman said that while he deeply respects Biden, he feels it’s “incumbent” upon him to support the decision that’s been made and “back up Harris.”

He and fellow donors are “excited” about Harris, and he said that he’s received many calls from people who had been holding back their money, now asking where to throw their money behind, whether it’s the Democratic National Committee or specific PACs.

In another sign of enthusiasm: Harris raised $49.6 million in grassroots donations for her campaign since Biden endorsed her Sunday, campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt said.

Harris will need the money. Although the Biden-Harris campaign and its affiliated committees outraised former President Donald Trump’s political operation in June, newly filed campaign reports show the Trump team entered July and the general election showdown with a bigger war chest of available cash.

The Biden campaign had?dramatically outspent?the Trump campaign last month, drawing down the campaign’s reserves – just as concerns grew about Biden’s poor June 27 debate performance, putting future contributions at risk.

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This post has been updated with the most recent fundraising figures.

Sources close to Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia independent, said he’s considering re-registering as a Democrat and throwing his hat into the ring to run for president.

The senator?said earlier Sunday?— before President Joe Biden announced he is dropping out of the 2024 race — that it’s time for Biden to “pass the torch.”

Manchin, 76, said he hoped the transfer of power could be done “in the most respectful way.”

“I’m hoping for that, because I think it will leave him with a tremendous legacy as one of the greatest leaders that we’ve had,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” “I say this, and I came to the decision with a heavy heart, that I think it’s time to pass the torch to a new generation.”

The West Virginia independent said he hoped there would be an “open process” to pick a new nominee if Biden stepped down. He said he favored governors as potential replacements, because they “can’t afford” to be partisan as the leaders of a state. Manchin floated Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as potential options.

Manchin, a longtime moderate Democrat,?announced in May?that he was registering as an independent. Manchin, whose announcement last year that?he wasn’t seeking reelection?was a political gift to Republicans hoping to flip the Senate, said in June that he’s “not running for any office,” he didn’t rule out the possibility.

Pressed on whether he was closing the door on a future run, he told CNN’s Manu Raju, “I have not – I never leave any, you never leave any political opportunity and walk away from that, so you always have options, because life is full of surprises. But I have no intention of running for political office.”

CNN’s Aileen Graef, Antoinette Radford and Morgan Rimmer contributed to this post.

Vice President Kamala Harris said she plans to seek the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden stepped aside and endorsed her, setting up a push that could make her the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead the ticket of a major political party.

Biden’s historic endorsement — and Harris’s pledge to unite the party behind her —came Sunday?after he announced?that?he is dropping his reelection bid?following weeks of disarray?within the Democratic Party. The president’s disastrous debate called into question his ability to win a second term and govern for another four years.

Still, despite the president’s backing, it remains unclear if Harris will become the nominee, or what process the Democratic Party would take to select an alternative. It will now be up to the delegates to the party’s national convention to choose their candidate.

While Harris allies have sought to secure her path to the nomination, some Democrats have stopped short of backing her or explicitly called for an open nomination process.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris Sunday, following a spate of other well-known Democrats doing the same after President Joe Biden announced he was stepping aside.

“Tough. Fearless. Tenacious. 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, @KamalaHarris,” he wrote in?a post on X.

The prominent Democratic governor has long been viewed as having presidential aspirations, though he has appeared to be a?loyal soldier?to the Biden campaign this cycle.

President Joe Biden?ran for reelection to save democracy. In the end, he came to the shattering realization he could only do so by ceding power himself.

Biden reached?the decision to end his campaign?after days in isolation at his Delaware beach house with Covid-19 and after watching many Democrats desert the president who led them to power just four years ago.

In offering to hand over power in service of what he saw as the national interest, he struck a contrast with former President Donald Trump, who fought bitterly against leaving office after loosing a free and fair election to Biden in 2020. It’s ironic that Republicans who whitewashed Trump’s election-stealing effort are now accusing Democrats of crushing the will of primary voters who voted for the president’s reelection bid.

The Biden campaign effectively ended in the 20 first, faltering minutes of his debate against Trump last month, when the president looked confused, exhausted and was unable to take the attack to his foe or to make an effective case for himself.

The soul-searching that Biden endured led to a decision that in some ways represents a humiliating end for a politician who spent years pursuing the highest office and was frequently passed over in his climb to power.

It is not an easy thing for a president — the most powerful person in the world — to separate his personal ambition from the fate of the nation.

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Some delegations to the Democratic National Convention have voted to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee.

Although President Joe Biden has endorsed Harris, the ticket’s makeup rests with?the roughly 4,700 delegates?who will vote for a new standard-bearer in the coming weeks.

Delegates pledged to Biden are under no obligation to support his choice, but their loyalty to him and his wishes suggests the lion’s share will quickly fall in line behind Harris.?

Tennessee’s?delegation?announced?that it had voted unanimously to endorse Harris.

The?North Carolina?delegation to the Democratic National Convention likewise unanimously voted to support Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee, the state party told CNN.?

Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton said its DNC delegation held an emergency meeting Sunday night where they “discussed how to best chart a path forward, build on [President Joe Biden’s] success, and unite, ready to win in November.”

“Our DNC Delegation is thrilled to announce that we unanimously endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to be the next President of the United States,” Clayton said.

The?South Carolina?delegation announced in a statement that it had also endorsed Harris. “We must move forward in unity for the sake of democracy; by selecting President Biden in February,?South?Carolina?Democrats also selected the Vice President for her ability to lead,” South?Carolina?Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain, who also heads the delegation, said.?

Remember:?Despite Biden’s backing, it remains unclear whether Harris will become the nominee, or what process the party will take to select an alternative.?

Union leaders have responded to President Joe Biden’s decision to step down as Democratic candidate in the 2024 election.

Here’s what some of them have to say:

National Education Association:?President Becky Pringle described Biden as an “extraordinary president and public servant”?in a statement. She said Biden “distinguished himself as the most pro-public education, pro-union president in history” and helped ensure “every student has access to the resources and learning opportunities needed to thrive.” In the statement, Pringle also took aim at GOP nominee Donald Trump, saying “rather than doing anything to keep students and educators safe from gun violence, Trump?just?tells us to ‘get over it.’”

United Auto Workers:?In a statement, the UAW?thanked Biden for his service and “the leadership he has shown in putting country before self.”

AFL-CIO:?The president of the AFL-CIO?also praised Vice President Kamala Harris, describing her as being “integral” to the Biden administration’s success, noting her track record of supporting unions. “She cast the tie-breaking votes to save the pensions of more than 1 million union members and retirees, expand the child tax credit to help millions of struggling families, and take on big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of key prescriptions like insulin,” Liz Shuler wrote.

AFSCME?President Lee Saunders said “history will judge the Biden-Harris administration as a resounding success.”

“Patriotism, sacrifice and service — these are the values that AFSCME members live by. And they are the values that have defined President Biden’s leadership, that make our country and its democracy strong,” Saunders said.

The?Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:?President Sara Nelson also praised Biden’s track record, saying in a statement that he “always led with the conviction that working people know what’s best — we just need policymakers to give us a chance. Every time Flight Attendants sit down with Joe Biden, he treats us with dignity and respect as aviation’s first responders and the last line of defense.”

American Federation of Teachers:?Randi Weingarten, president of the nation’s largest teachers union and a Democratic National Committee member on the Rules and Bylaws Committee, said that the federation’s executive council voted to endorse Harris, subject to ratification by delegates to the 2024 AFT convention. Weingarten noted that Harris is “fighting to restore Roe, fighting for families, for student debt relief and is a powerful advocate for workers.”

United Farm Workers:?The union endorsed Harris, posting on X: “Kamala Harris stood with farm workers as CA’s Attorney General, as US Senator, and as Vice President. There is work to be done, and we’re ready. Sí, se puede!”

The Service Employees International Union:?The union, more commonly known as SEIU, has endorsed Harris’s candidacy. “Vice President Harris is the best prepared candidate for president, bringing decades of public service fighting for working families, as well as a historic choice to lead the Democratic ticket as a woman of color and the daughter of immigrant parents,” the union said in a statement. SEIU is one of the largest labor organizations in the US, with more than 2 million members.

A number of governors and mayors have reacted to President Joe Biden exiting the 2024 race, commending him on his service to the country.

President Joe Biden’s cabinet secretaries praised him after he announced he is not seeking reelection.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken?said Biden “restored U.S. leadership around the world and delivered historic accomplishments as President.” Blinken also wrote: “It has been — and remains —the honor of my life to work for @POTUS for the past twenty-two years.”

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg,?who also ran for president in 2020, praised Biden as “among the best and most consequential presidents in American history. I am so proud to serve under his leadership, and thankful for his unwavering focus on what is best for our country.” The secretary, who appeared alongside Vice President Kamala Harris at a fundraiser on Saturday, also threw his support behind her, saying, “I have seen her extraordinary leadership firsthand, working closely with her during the 2020 campaign and then in the historically effective Biden-Harris administration. I will do all that I can to help her win this election to lead America forward as our next President.”

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack?said Biden “brought to fruition a vision of a new and dynamic American economy built around clean energy and climate-smart and resilient industries, including the agriculture sector.” He said the Department of Agriculture under the Biden-Harris administration “has advanced food and nutrition security for tens of millions, invested in new, better and more markets to create a fairer and better marketplace for all farmers, improved the health and resilience of our national forests and grasslands, made our food safer, and centered equity in all that we do.”

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin?called Biden “an extraordinary guardian of America’s national security.” He said the president “renewed, deepened, and broadened the unmatched global network of alliances and partnerships that makes America more secure; he rallied the world to defend Ukraine after the Kremlin’s indefensible, all-out invasion in 2022; he positioned America to succeed in our strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China; he dramatically strengthened U.S. posture in the Indo-Pacific; he bolstered, united, and expanded NATO, and he shored up Israel’s security after Hamas’s vile?October 7th?terrorist assault and worked tirelessly to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza.”

Attorney General Merrick Garland?said in a statement that Biden, from the beginning of his tenure, “has made clear in both word and deed that he stands for the rule of law and for the Justice Department’s critical mission to protect the safety and the civil rights of everyone in our country.”

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas?in a statement thanked Biden for devoting his life to public service and said Biden has “taken and directed bold, innovative, and decisive actions to help safeguard our communities, secure our borders, harness the power of artificial intelligence, advance our cybersecurity, eradicate the scourge of fentanyl, and more – all while standing up for our nation’s values.”