During a press briefing on Thursday, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
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00:00Good afternoon. We're here today to first say thank you to President Joe Biden.
00:13He's done what he has done for his entire career.
00:23Care for America. Standing up to do the right thing and putting people over politics in the country over all else.
00:35He loves democracy. He loves this country and history will record him as one of the greatest presidents who have gotten us through some of the toughest times ever.
00:49We thank Joe Biden for being who he is, the leader that he is, and for the man that he is and all the work that he's done.
00:59He's a statesman and he's undoubtedly an individual that children yet unborn will look at the work and the accomplishments that he has made.
01:16And in that wisdom, he decided to make sure that he had someone beside him to make and win and have the accomplishments over the last three, four years.
01:33He made a commitment of having a person who created her own path.
01:42As the A.G., as a district attorney, as a U.S. senator and as the vice president of the United States and Kamala Harris.
01:55And she is the appropriate person to now lead us. Her record of delivering for all Americans is exactly why she is the full, she has the full and unanimous support of the Congressional Black Caucus.
02:13She helped restore the world's faith in America across the globe. And I can talk about that specifically watching her as the former chair, now ranking member.
02:25And when American people finish speaking in November, the chair again of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
02:33I've watched her as she's visited over 20 countries. I've watched her as she's met with over 150 world leaders.
02:45In fact, if you check it out, she is the most experienced individual for our safety and security around the world.
02:57She has more experience than any of the past four presidents before President Biden.
03:04She's the right person at the right time to get the job done.
03:10She's an individual who we know, who we've worked with, who was one of us, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
03:20And I've got to say I'm proud because she's also a Howard University graduate.
03:27Had to get that in.
03:31The real H.U.
03:33The real H.U.
03:35Now, let me just say the CBCPAC, the members of this great caucus, we now are on a mission.
03:49And the mission is to make sure that Kamala Harris is the next president of the United States.
03:57In just a short period of time, less than a little more than 24 hours, over 100 million dollars have come into the campaign.
04:08And the CBCPAC, small dollar money, we're now in just two days over a million and a half dollars of small money that just came in online
04:22because they're supporting in the excitement of Kamala Harris to be the next president of the United States.
04:31It's also in support, of course, of the historical opportunities, because what will take place at the same time,
04:40right before she's sworn in on January 20th, we'll be swearing in Hakeem Jeffries as the first speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
04:50We'll also be looking forward to seeing Lisa Blunt Rochester elected to the United States Senate.
05:00And Angela Also Brooks from Maryland to the United States Senate.
05:07And we will continue to expand the Congressional Black Caucus.
05:11We are 60 members strong.
05:13There's no limit on how much more we can grow and develop because it is a true reflection of America.
05:21And color all red in Texas.
05:25Another senator.
05:28But we are truly a reflection of the diversity of this great country.
05:33That's who we are.
05:34And that's what the Congressional Black Caucus represents.
05:37So we'll be going on tours.
05:40We'll be having members in each and every battleground state.
05:44We'll be making sure that we have members in our front runners, in our red to blue states.
05:49We're going to be actively on the ground.
05:52We're going to visit over 1,000 voter engagements for Democrats across the country.
05:58And we're going to have a complete tour of which we're going to be delivering and giving out to individuals very, very shortly.
06:04We're working on that now.
06:06So let me conclude this simply by saying this.
06:10The camera of history is rolling.
06:14And every now and then, when you're living in a historic moment, sometimes you don't really understand it.
06:22Some of the people out there may not have gotten it.
06:27But this is history that is taking place right now.
06:32And it's going to be recording what we all do.
06:35And that history is going to reflect that the Congressional Black Caucus, who, as we said to a person,
06:41we were with Joe Biden, let him make his decision.
06:45And if it was not Joe Biden, it had to be the Vice President Kamala Harris.
06:52That's who we are.
06:55It has been the Congressional Black Caucus that has had to step up.
07:01And our constituencies, at times, to save America.
07:07Save it from the harms of an individual who we know is not worthy of being President of the United States.
07:16Simply look at who he is.
07:19Simply look at what he has done.
07:23This country never was more divided than under his four-year leadership year.
07:27We're going to repair it.
07:29We're going to fix it.
07:30We don't need to go back and say, make America great again.
07:33I don't know what America they're talking about.
07:36We're going to go forward.
07:37We're going to make America live up to its true meaning of its creed.
07:41And with that, let me present the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus,
07:47who has led in the forefront for the last two years.
07:50He understands it more than anyone else, because when you look at his district, it is as diverse as America.
07:56He knows how to communicate to everyone.
07:59He is a leader's leader, our friend, our Chairman, Stephen Horsford.