'Best decision I made as president': Biden boosts Harris to unionized workers on Labor Day

Source: USA Today

Published 11:50 a.m. ET Sept. 2, 2024 | Updated 6:56 p.m. ET Sept. 2, 2024


WASHINGTON— President Joe Biden gave Vice President Kamala Harris his full endorsement at a Labor Day rally for union workers during their first joint campaign appearance since he left the Democratic ticket. "Let me tell you about this woman," Biden told workers in Pittsburgh with Harris at this side. "I know her," he said, putting his hand on her shoulder. "I trust her."

Biden said that choosing Harris was "the single best decision I made as president of the United States of America . . . "I know she'll be a good president. I know it."

He said that Harris, who he's observed with experts in foreign and domestic policy in private rooms, "has a backbone like a ramrod. And she has the moral compass of a saint. This woman knows what she's doing. Folks, I promise you, if you elect Kamala Harris as president, it will be the best decision you have ever made."

Harris said that she'd spent more time with Biden when the "heat was intense" and the cameras were not rolling, and Biden has always stood with labor. "And you know how Joe can get sometimes, he doesn't spare words," she said to laughter. She called him a lifelong "friend" of the labor movement.

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