Both Democratic members of Congress representing Monroe County have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.
“Vice President Harris is more than ready to unify our party and make a sharp, determined case for what’s on the ballot in November. She is a fierce advocate for working families, women’s rights, and our democratic values,” U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright said in a Monday morning statement . He represents the 8th District, which includes most of Monroe County, all of Pike, Lackawanna and Wayne counties and part of Luzerne.
He expressed his thanks to Biden for his service and noted the president’s Scranton roots, saying he will “always remembers fondly the chance to work with a son of Northeastern Pennsylvania in the Oval Office, and I’ll always wish him and his family all the best.”
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U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, who represents a small part of Monroe County in the 7th District and all of Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties, said in a statement Sunday evening that she was proud to have worked with Biden on infrastructure, health care costs and defending democracy.
“As we reflect on his extraordinary accomplishments, it is time that we come together on a steady and unified path forward – for all future generations of Americans who will be deeply affected by the outcome of November’s election. That is why I am proud to join the President and many of my colleagues in supporting Kamala Harris to be our next President. She is an accomplished and exceptional public servant, and I look forward to working with her.”
Gov. Josh Shapiro, a potential running mate for Harris, has also endorsed her.
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Pennsylvania's delegates to the Democratic National Convention backed Harris in a call on Monday .
Wild’s Republican opponent, state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, and Cartwright’s Republican opponent, Rob Bresnahan, both made mention of primary voters having chosen Biden.
“The pressure campaign from Democratic donors and DC elites worked in pushing out Joe Biden, overruling the votes of 14 million Democratic Primary voters,” Mackenzie’s statement said, while Bresnahan called it “beyond hypocritical that the Democrat Party elites would so flagrantly undermine democracy by politically knifing Joe Biden and the 14.5 million Americans who chose him as their party’s nominee for President.”
Kathryne Rubright is the managing editor of the Pocono Record and the Tri-County Independent. Reach her at krubright@gannett.com .
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