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Washington, March 9 (TIWN) California Senator Kamala Harris on Sunday endorsed current front-runner and former Vice President Joe Biden as the Democratic party's US presidential candidate, saying the country and the people "need him now more than ever".
The California senator, who exited the race in December, joins Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke and Mike Bloomberg, who've all backed Biden within the past week. Harris announced her support for Biden in video posted to Twitter, in which she said, "I have decided that I am with great enthusiasm going to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States." "I believe in Joe," she continued. "I really believe in him and I've known him for a long time." Harris said she would be joining Biden at a Detroit event on Monday.
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