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Figures on Harris:
'She had our Back.
Now We'll Have Hers'
Shomari Figures first met Kamala Harris back in 2012 when she was Attorney General of California. They were working together to get President Barack Obama reelected.
“She had our back then, and we have her back now," Figures said in a press release issued just hours after President Biden stepped away from his reelection bid and pledged his support to Vice President Kamala Harris. I fully support Vice President Harris for the Democratic nomination and look forward to casting my ballot for the first Black woman to be President of the United States.”
“I know she reached out to me personally... and told me how much she was looking forward to my sitting in Congress and working together and finding ways to help District 2,” Figures said in an interview with KVRG Channel 5.
Figures said Biden’s historic decision not to seek a second term was in the best interest of the nation, of the party and of himself.
But he was never worried that Biden’s re-election bid would be a drag on his own campaign.
“Of course, who is running for President will factor into who's going to the polls and who’s voting,” he said. “But
but at the end of the day, we weren’t expecting it to carry the weight that would lead the way to factor into the outcome of this race."
Figures’ race has always been about District 2, he said,
“It's always been about the communities, the cities and counties in this district,” he said. “That's what we focus on. That's what matters most. Those are the voters that we heard from.”
President Biden delivered for this nation and the state of Alabama, he said.
“Just last week his administration awarded Alabama the largest federal grant ever in the history of the state for an infrastructure project that will have transformative economic impacts in Mobile and across the region. On behalf of all of those who call Alabama - and especially District 2 - home, Thank You, Joe.”
Endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris was “the right call,” he said.
She is equal, she's experienced and she's ready, he said, citing her credentials as a U.S. senator who served on the Judiciary committee and her service in the largest state in the nation, California.
Figures has no doubt America is ready for its first Black female Commander in Chief.
“Black women have been in leadership positions across this country," he said. People see what Black women are capable of and I think people have seen what the Vice President is capable of."
“She’ll continue to motivate people to get out and vote," Figures said.
“I think people will have her back.”
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