Mayor Adams endorses Kamala Harris hours after slamming her for border crisis
New York’s Democratic elites quickly circled the wagons deciding to fall in line with the party in backing Vice President Kamala Harris to take over the presidential ticket after President Biden stepped aside Sunday.
“We’re trying to line up the delegation behind Kamala Harris,” State Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs told The Post Monday afternoon. “Everybody is excited. It gives us an opportunity to support Kamala Harris. We’re very happy about it.”New York Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs and other party leaders are hoping to quickly consolidate the state’s delegates around Kamala Harris.
Shawn Hogan, a delegate from Steuben County and former Mayor of Hornell the delegates who did the grueling work of passing petitions and knocking on doors in the freezing upstate winter should have had a voice. Hogan’s vote had been technically pledged to Biden, but he can now vote for whomever he wants in the nominating contest. Still, he’ll throw his support behind Harris because Biden endorsed her, he said.Others shrugged off concerns replacing Biden on the ticket at the last minute would leave some Democrats disaffected.
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