Pete Aguilar Asked Point Blank About Dozens Of Dems Who Haven't Endorse Kamala Harris

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At a House Democratic press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) was asked about Democrats who have yet to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.

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00:00To follow up on that, though, the numbers, the reduction in the number of importers we

00:05see now, is that a result of those multilateral talks that you worked on with our partners

00:09in Latin America and South America, or is that because of the executive actions the

00:13President took to tighten up access to the border?

00:16I think it can be both, Anne.

00:18But it's clear that the Latin American countries, the northern tri-regional countries,

00:23those numbers have significantly diminished.

00:26That is factual.

00:29There are many countries, many individuals from countries around the globe, who find

00:34their way to declare asylum at the southern border.

00:37But the particular percentage among those northern tri-regional countries has been diminished.

00:43Those are just the facts.

00:45There's also several – probably several dozen members of the House Democratic Caucus

00:49at this point who have not taken the additional step of endorsing Harris as the new presidential nominee.

00:54Can you speak to how – what the thinking is within the party at this point, and is

00:58there enough of an open process for people who do not necessarily think that Harris should

01:02be the nominee?

01:03Vice President Harris will be the Democratic nominee for president.

01:07Whether people put it in a press release or not, that is going to happen.

01:12She has locked up the delegates and the support.

01:14We look forward to helping and being a partner in this process with her.

01:20I know the vice chair and I have had conversations with her as a Californian.

01:26There's a lot of pride among us as well.

01:29We look forward to her officially securing the nomination and the next 105 days ahead.

Pete Aguilar Asked Point Blank About Dozens Of Dems Who Haven't Endorse Kamala Harris

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