Harris gets Pelosi endorsement, sets Democrat cash record

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are backing Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket.

The two major unions are both the largest of their kind, and they each voted unanimously to endorse Harris.

“Vice President Harris is seasoned, tough and tenacious,” AFSCME President Lee Saunders said. “She is a dynamic leader who has been a pro-worker champion throughout her years in elected office. She understands that unions and the working class are the engines of our economy. And she has a deep respect and appreciation for the work AFSCME members do to strengthen our communities.”

“IBEW members know Vice President Harris and have engaged with her over the last four years as she’s visited our job sites, union halls and training facilities,” the union’s International President Kenneth W. Cooper said. “She has listened to us, and we stand confident that she will continue this administration’s extraordinary record on behalf of working people when she is sworn into office next January.”

— Josephine Rozzelle

Harris’ campaign announced on Monday that its political operation raised $81 million over the past 24 hours since she officially started her run for president.

The massive haul reflects money raised through the campaign, Democratic National Committee and Harris’ joint fundraising committees, which also benefit more than a dozen state parties.

The Harris campaign called the $81 million the “largest 24-hour raise in presidential history.” The campaign also said “over 888,000 grassroots donors made donations in the past 24 hours, 60% of whom made their first contribution of the 2024 cycle.”

It also said it has “added 43,000 new recurring donors, with over half of these recurring donors signing up for weekly donations.”

“The historic outpouring of support for Vice President Harris represents exactly the kind of grassroots energy and enthusiasm that wins elections,” said Harris campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz in a statement.

— Brian Schwartz

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has endorsed Harris, joining the chorus of Democratic governors in key battleground states backing the vice president’s presidential bid.

“As the last few weeks have made clear, Americans are looking for a new generation of leadership that will move past the divisiveness and unite us around our shared American values,” Hobbs wrote in a post on social media site X. “I believe that leader is Vice President Harris.”

Hobbs’ endorsement came roughly a full day after President Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris to replace him.

— Rebecca Picciotto

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker just posted his Harris endorsement on social media site X.

— Isabel Engel

A political action committee that was supporting Biden’s campaign before he dropped out of the race for president has received $150 million in new commitments since his departure from the campaign and endorsement of Harris.

Future Forward, the super PAC, confirmed to NBC News that it has secured a staggering $150 million in new commitments from donors in just the past 24 hours.

This is from donors who were previously stalled, uncertain or uncommitted, per a senior aide at Future Forward, according to NBC News.

Read more at NBC News

— Brian Schwartz

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and his law firm, Covington & Burling, will vet potential running mates for Harris’ presidential campaign, Reuters reported.

Holder was AG under then-President Barack Obama from 2009 through 2015.

CNBC has requested comment on the report from Covington & Burling.

— Dan Mangan

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has endorsed Harris, calling her “a proven leader who has delivered for the American people again and again.”

“Kamala Harris is the best person to make the case against Donald Trump,” Healey says. “Trump is coming after our rights and our freedoms. And he will jack up costs on the middle class by gutting Social Security, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act.”

“The future of our country as we know it is on the line,” the Democrat says.

— Dan Mangan

The Democrats’ digital fundraising website ActBlue has raised more than $100 million since Sunday, the day Biden withdrew from the campaign for president and backed Harris, according to a website that tracks the company’s live fundraising ticker.

The gargantuan amount is historic, and it solidifies a massive amount of resources for Democrats to take on Donald Trump and the Republican Party with months to go until the November Election Day.

It also suggests that most party donors are increasingly enthusiastic about Harris’ candidacy almost a month after Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Trump.

— Brian Schwartz

Trump issued an all-caps tirade against Harris in a Truth Social post, one of the first times today that he has gone after the new Democratic front-runner.

“Joe Biden will go down as the Worst President in the history of the United States. KAMALA, OUR HORRIBLE & INCOMPETENT BORDER CZAR, WILL BE WORSE!” Trump wrote.

Trump’s Truth Social account has spent much of the day spewing posts against President Biden, who is no longer in the presidential race. He has attacked Biden in roughly a dozen Truth Social posts in the hours since the president dropped out of the race.

Meanwhile, Trump has so far written far fewer diatribes against Harris, who has racked up party endorsements as Democrats coalesce behind her new presidential run.

— Rebecca Picciotto

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is not yet endorsing Harris, saying that he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will meet with the vice president in person soon.

“Leader Schumer and I are scheduled to meet with Vice President Harris shortly,” Jeffries told reporters Monday afternoon. “I’m excited for that meeting.”

The two top Democrats are part of a shrinking list of lawmakers that have yet to endorse Harris.

“Vice President Kamala Harris has excited the community, she’s excited the House Democratic Caucus and she’s exciting the country,” he said. “And so I’m looking forward to sitting down with her in short order with Leader Schumer, and we’ll have more to say about the path forward as soon as that meeting concludes.”

Jeffries said the meeting will take place when Schumer returns to Washington, D.C. — the Senate is back in session on Tuesday — and when they get confirmation from Harris.

— Josephine Rozzelle

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green endorsed Harris’ candidacy, saying the vice president “has the experience, the energy and the vision to carry the Democratic Party to victory in November.”

“We have an incredible vice president who is ready to lead the country forward,” the Democrat Green said.

Hawaii is one of the most reliable states for the Democratic Party in presidential elections. In the 16 presidential elections held since Hawaii became a state in 1959, Democratic nominees have won all but two, in 1972 and 1984.

— Dan Mangan

An Ohio state senator warned at a Trump campaign rally headlined by Sen. JD Vance that, if Trump and Vance lose the presidential race, “it’s going to take a civil war to save the country.”

State Sen. George Lang yelled, “Fight, fight, fight!” as he took the stage before the GOP vice presidential nominee Vance spoke in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio.

“We’ve got time,” Lang told the crowd. “Hey, 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.”

“I believe wholeheartedly Donald Trump and Butler County’s JD Vance are the last chance to save our country politically,” Lang said.

“I’m afraid if we lose this one, it’s going to take a civil war to save the country,” Lang said. “And it will be saved.”

— Dan Mangan

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has officially endorsed Harris to helm the Democratic ticket in the race against Trump.

“Today, it is with immense pride and limitless optimism for our country’s future that I endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States,” Pelosi said in a statement. “My enthusiastic support for Kamala Harris for President is official, personal and political.”

One of Biden’s closest allies, Pelosi’s backing is a key vote of confidence for Harris as the Democratic Party rallies around her after several weeks of infighting as pressure mounted on Biden to drop out of the race.

Pelosi’s statement comes as eyes watch several other top Democrats have so far held out on their endorsements including former President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

— Rebecca Picciotto

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth are both supporting Harris for the Democratic nomination.

“Kamala Harris shares my mission of taking on the powerful to deliver for the people. She will fight for reproductive rights, American jobs, and security abroad,” Merkley said. “She will champion housing, education, healthcare and equal rights. I will do all I can to help her win.”

“I am proud to endorse [Harris] and will do everything I can to ensure she has the support needed to win,” Duckworth said. “Right now, Democrats must be fully united and put ALL of our energy into preventing Trump and his MAGA allies from rolling back all the freedoms and progress we’ve made.”

— Josephine Rozzelle

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is backing Harris as the Democratic nominee, saying he is “Proud to support and be all in for the next president.”

The notable endorsement comes from one of Biden’s most vocal defenders who criticized Democrats for calling on the president to drop out of the race.

“Democrats, stop worrying about Joe Biden’s legacy and think about yours,” Fetterman posted on July 13. “Abandon a great president after a rough debate or stand with the only person who ever beat Trump’s a– into dust. All must choose, but we’re headed for assured mutual destruction if we don’t cut the s—.”

— Josephine Rozzelle

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took her name off the list of potential vice president contenders. Instead, she will serve as the co-chair of the Harris campaign, she said in a post on social media platform X.

“Today, not only am I fired up to endorse @KamalaHarris for President of the United States, I’m proud to serve as a co-chair of her campaign,” she said in the post.

When asked if she would accept a job as Kamala Harris‘ running mate, she reaffirmed her commitment to Michigan.

“I am proud to be the Governor of Michigan,” she said. “I am not going anywhere.”

Gov. Whitmer joins several Democratic governors offering wholehearted support of the Harris campaign, including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers.

— Isabel Engel

The Democrats’ digital fundraising website ActBlue has raised more than $90 million since Sunday, the day Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris, according to a website that tracks the company’s live fundraising ticker.

The site shows that on Sunday, ActBlue processed more than $66 million in campaign donations to Democrats. It helped raise an additional $24 million on Monday. ActBlue raised more than $12 million on Sunday during the 8:00 p.m. ET hour alone.

ActBlue boasted on Sunday that the Harris campaign launch was the company’s “biggest fundraising day of the 2024 cycle.”

The Harris campaign has said it alone has raised upward of $50 million since the Biden endorsement.

— Brian Schwartz

Mark Pincus, the billionaire founder of video game company Zynga, is unsure where he stands on Harris as President Biden’s replacement in the race against Trump.

“At this point, I’m undecided,” Pincus told CNBC on Sunday.

In a follow-up on Monday, Pincus told CNBC that he feels “confused” about the election and will most likely “sit this all out.”

He added that while he is open to Harris taking the top of the ticket, he is “waiting to hear her platform” and would prefer the new nominee get selected via an open convention.

As the pressure campaign built on Biden to bow out of the race, Pincus, who has a net worth of $1.4 billion according to Forbes’ Monday estimate, was one of the voices in the Democratic megadonor class who went on the record and called on Biden to step aside.

Pincus said he wants to see a Democratic candidate with an “Obama-like, inspiring platform that speaks to innovation and growth and a level playing field that invests in education and health care along with secure borders, talent-focused immigration and defending U.S. interests abroad.”

— Brian Schwartz, Rebecca Picciotto

Billionaire Democratic megadonor Mike Bloomberg stopped short of endorsing Harris on Monday in a social media post, a day after Biden dropped out of the race.

Bloomberg, who has given millions of dollars in support of Biden and Democrats this election cycle, said he believes the party should take the time to engage with voters on what they want weeks before the convention in Chicago.

“Democrats now have a chance for a fresh new start, and while some elected leaders and party officials make their endorsements, there are still four weeks before the party’s more than 4,000 delegates convene in Chicago,” Bloomberg wrote. “That is more than enough time for the party to take the pulse of voters, especially in battleground states, to determine who is best positioned to win in November and lead the country over the next four years.”

Bloomberg has a net worth of just more than $104 billion, according to Forbes.

— Brian Schwartz