Klobuchar, O’Rourke endorse Biden at Dallas rally
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) joined former Vice President Joe Biden onstage at a rally Monday evening in Texas to throw their support behind him for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Standing next to the former vice president the same day she ended her own presidential bid, Klobuchar called for a return to “decency and dignity” in the White House.
“If we spend the next four months dividing our party and going at each other, we will spend the next four years watching Donald Trump tear apart this country,” Klobuchar said.
“It is up to us, all of us, to put our country back together, to heal this country, and then build something even greater,” she continued, before adding to cheers: “I believe we can do this together. And that is why, today, I am endorsing Joe Biden for president.”
An emotional Amy Klobuchar: “I cannot think of a better way to end my campaign than joining his.”
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During his rally, Biden addressed the need for the party to choose a “lifelong Democrat” who could unite the country, an apparent shot at Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the current front-runner for the Democratic nomination.
Biden was also joined by former O’Rouke, who added his endorsement to the growing list of former 2020 contenders joining Biden’s campaign ahead of Super Tuesday.
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“I’m looking for a leader,” Buttigieg said. “I’m looking for a president who will draw out what is best in each of us, and I’m encouraging everybody who was part of my campaign to join me because we have found that leader in Vice President — soon to be President — Joe Biden.”
O’Rourke dropped out of contention for the Democratic nomination last year after struggling for months to gain momentum. He previously narrowly lost a race for the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
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