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Explaining that “firing at the lower half of the body above the knee led to the deaths of many people,” a senior officer in the Israeli military has said snipers operating along the border of the occupied Gaza Strip are now being trained to shoot at the ankles of protesting Palestinians as opposed to above-the-knee targeting that led to thousands of people being gunned down—hundreds killed and others maimed—over recent years.
“[New policy] in no way suggests that the military attaches great value to human life. On the contrary, it shows that the military consciously chose not to regard those standing on the other side of the fence as humans.” —B’Tselem
While killing Palestinians “was not our objective,” said the unnamed military commander, identified by the Jerusalem Post as a senior officer at the Israel Defense Force’s Lotar counter-terrorism training school, the previous rules of engagement did not restrict the area of the body that could be targeted. Now, the officer explained, IDF snipers are being instructed to shoot at the ankles and shins of protesters.
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On Twitter, Kevin Jon Heller, an associate professor of international law at the University of Amsterdam, noted the incongruity of an order that attempts to present itself as more humane or “moral” but which, in fact, sanctions snipers to shoot unarmed people protesting against their oppression by an occupying military force:
Earlier this year, as Common Dreams reported, the United Nations release a “damning report” of Israel’s use of snipers against unarmed and non-threatening Palestinian protesters near the Gaza border in 2018.
“The Israeli security forces killed and maimed Palestinian demonstrators who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot, nor were they directly participating in hostilities,” the U.N. officials wrote in the report (pdf), which relied on interviews, thousands of documents, and video footage showing Israeli soldiers using live ammunition against Palestinians—including children, journalists, and medical workers.
According to the UN report— the result of a months-long investigation—Israeli snipers killed over 180 unarmed Palestinians and injured more than 6,100 others with live ammunition between March 30 and December 31 of 2018.
Over a longer time period, those numbers are even larger.
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Thousands of Puerto Rican protesters filled the streets of the capital San Juan on Monday night for a third day of protests calling for the immediate resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló after obscene messages between him and his staff were revealed.
Chanting “Ricky Renuncia,” or “Ricky Resign,” demonstrators clashed with police in front of La Fortaleza, the 16th century-built governor’s mansion in the neighborhood of Old San Juan.
“It was time for Puerto Rico to wake up and rise up against the oppressors, and we want to force the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló,” said Puerto Rico resident Rafaela Estevez. “He does not deserve the job he has, and the people have spoken.”
Protesters set fire to trash cans and overturned cars Monday while police fired tear gas into the crowd and made arrests.
The leaked messages show a dismissive attitude on the part of Rosselló, a Democrat, and other government officials to the Puerto Rican people and their concerns as the U.S. territory struggles to recover from 2017’s Hurricane Maria. In the messages, which were sent using the app Telegram, officials joked about victims of the hurricane and referred to political adversaries in vulgar terms.
“The chat was the final straw,” protester Norma Jean Colberg told The New York Times.
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In one exchange, Rosselló and his chief fiscal officer Christian Sobrino discussed San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who intends to run against Rosselló for governor in 2020. Sobrino told Rosselló Sobrino would like to shoot the mayor, to which Rosselló replied, “You’d be doing me a grand favor.”
Cruz, who progressives see as the antidote to the corporate-friendly Rosselló, said over the weekend that the scandal has only made the people of Puerto Rico—furious at the treatment and lack of aid they have received from the President Donald Trump administration—more distrustful of the current leadership on the island.
In response to the leaked chats, Rosselló expressed remorse and asked for forgiveness, but said he would stay on in office.
“We do not give up on the work under way,” the governor said in a statement, “and today, more than ever, many people are counting on my commitment to that work.”
But it may not be up to the governor. Demonstrators were calling for Rosselló’s impeachment and, on Monday, Denis Márquez, a representative in the territory’s legislature, introduced a formal complaint against the governor, the first step toward Rosselló’s potential removal from office.
Resident Estevez said that she hoped the message would get across to lawmakers that the people were fed up and that change is needed on the island.
“Even if the Legislature does not care one dime about the people, they are there because of us,” said Estevez. “And we are showing them, giving them a lesson that they have to remember we pay their wages.”
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President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to request $4.3 billion in cuts to United Nations humanitarian programs and other foreign aid initiatives, a move advocacy groups warned would have “devastating” consequences for millions of people around the world.
Roll Call reported that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent the proposal to the State Department for review on Thursday.
According to Politico, which cited an anonymous administration official, the cuts Trump is preparing to send to Congress for approval include:
- $787 million from U.N. global peacekeeping initiatives;
- $522 million from core U.N. funding; and
- $364 million from U.N. humanitarian programs.
Jordie Hannum, executive director of the Better World Campaign, an advocacy group that works to foster a stronger relationship between the U.S. and U.N., said the Trump administration’s potential cuts to peacekeeping missions would make the world less safe and harm millions of people.
“They’d be sabotaging these missions,” Hannum said, “and ensuring untold suffering for millions of innocent civilians who rely on the missions for protection.”
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Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, urged the White House budget office to cease its effort to slash foreign aid funds that were appropriated by Congress in 2017.
“The funds were appropriated by overwhelming bipartisan majorities and the lengthy negotiations between the House, the Senate, the White House,” Lowey told Politico. “And they were signed into law by the president. So cuts to foreign aid have repeatedly been rejected on a bipartisan basis.”
The Trump administration’s proposal comes days after the budget office ordered a freeze on the funds, angering aid groups and Democratic lawmakers.
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, called the freeze “dangerous” and accused the Trump administration of sidestepping congressional authority.
“This administration’s contempt for Congress is astounding,” said Engel. “When Congress decides how much we spend on foreign assistance, it isn’t a suggestion. It’s the law, backed up by the Constitution.”
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Sen. Susan Collins fled Tuesday when asked directly by a college student whether she would take concrete action to push for gun control legislation that could prevent the deaths of more children in mass shootings.
Bowdoin College student Livia Kunins-Berkowitz approached Collins and her staffers Tuesday afternoon in Portland, Maine to ask if the Republican senator would join her colleagues on both sides of the aisle to demand that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reconvene the Senate for a vote on the universal background checks legislation passed by the House earlier this year.
“Sen. Collins, are you going to call for an emergency vote on gun control now?” Kunins-Berkowitz asked as Collins exited a building and walked to her car with two aides. “We need the Senate to meet right now to talk about gun control. Yes or no, Senator?”
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The senator briefly rolled down her window after entering the car to tell Kunins-Berkowitz that she believes gun control is “important” but didn’t answer her question even after the student said unequivocally that “more kids are going to die” if universal background checks legislation and other reforms are not passed now.
“I’m scared to go to school, I’m scared to go to my synagogue,” Kunins-Berkowitz said. “We need a session right now or more kids are going to die.”
The confrontation came just days after 31 people were killed in two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio over the weekend. Shortly after the massacres, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) were among the lawmakers who demanded that McConnell call the Senate back from its August recess to vote on universal background checks legislation.
“She kept saying, ‘It’s an important issue,’ but didn’t answer yes or no on an emergency Senate meeting,” Kunins-Berkowitz said after the encounter. “She kind of avoided the question even when I said kids are dying in our schools.”
“We all know it’s an important issue,” she added. “The question is, will they take action right now before more kids die in their schools, before more people die at the mall, before more people die in their places of worship?”
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The Trump administration has reportedly moved to shift millions of dollars away from disaster relief to increase funding for migrant detention centers, a move that comes as Tropical Storm Dorian is set to hit Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday.
The White House plans to pull $155 million out of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund “to pay for immigration detention space and temporary hearing locations for asylum-seekers who have been forced to wait in Mexico,” according to NBC News.
“At the start of hurricane season, DHS is robbing hundreds of millions of dollars from disaster relief to fund a disaster of its own making.”
—Charanya Krishnaswami, Amnesty International USA
The boost in funding for detention, NBC reported, would give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the capacity to hold 50,000 migrants at one time.
“The allocations were sent to Congress as a notification rather than a request,” said NBC, “because the administration believes it has the authority to repurpose these funds after Congress did not pass more funding for ICE detention beds as part of an emergency funding bill for the southwest border in June.”
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Rights groups reacted with alarm to the Trump administration’s decision to shift the disaster aid funds as Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland brace for the historically high point of hurricane season. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Tropical Storm Dorian could slam the Southeast U.S. coast as a Category 3 hurricane.
“Puerto Rico could soon be facing a climate disaster as the Tropical Storm Dorian is expected to turn into a hurricane,” tweeted immigrant rights group United We Dream. “The money that could be used to help Puerto Rico will instead be used to detain more children and parents in concentration camps.”
Amnesty International condemned the Trump administration’s move as “an outrageous misuse of resources.”
“At the start of hurricane season, DHS is robbing hundreds of millions of dollars from disaster relief to fund a disaster of its own making,” said Charanya Krishnaswami, advocacy director for the Americas at Amnesty International USA. “It is using vital funds to further some of its cruelest policies—putting asylum-seekers in harm’s way and detaining families and children in search of safety.”
The decision to shift funds away from disaster relief was reported hours after President Donald Trump on Wednesday falsely inflated the amount of federal aid Puerto Rico has received since Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017.
“Wow! Yet another big storm heading to Puerto Rico. Will it ever end?” Trump tweeted. “Congress approved 92 Billion Dollars for Puerto Rico last year, an all time record of its kind for ‘anywhere.'”
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, a 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial candidate, said it is “reprehensible that yet again Donald Trump chooses to lie.”
“Will it ever end?” Cruz tweeted, mocking Trump. “Congress has approved $40 billion and $14 billion [has] been disbursed. Would it be too much to ask for you to act presidential and do your job without a lie or an insult?”
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White House hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders distinguished himself from Sen. Elizabeth Warren—another top competitor in the Democratic presidential primary—by highlighting their different beliefs on economic policy during an interview with ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl that aired Sunday.
After ABC‘s Karl suggested that Sanders (I-Vt.) and Warren (D-Mass.) have “pretty close to identical positions” on major issues, Sanders said that “Elizabeth Warren has been a friend of mine for some 25 years and I think she is a very, very good senator, but there are differences between Elizabeth and myself. Elizabeth, I think, as you know, has said that she is a capitalist [to] her bones. I’m not.”
Sanders, a democratic socialist, went on to detail his concerns about “the situation today that we face in this country.” Specifically, he called out major pharmaceutical companies for price fixing as well as the fossil fuel industry for profiting off of “destroying the planet.” The senator, a champion of Medicare for All, also pointed out that the United States fails to guarantee healthcare to all people in the country, unlike other developed nations.
“I think business as usual and doing it the old-fashioned way is not good enough,” Sanders said. “What we need is, in fact—I don’t want to get people too nervous—we need a political revolution. I am, I believe, the only candidate who’s going to say to the ruling class of this country, the corporate elite: Enough, enough with your greed and with your corruption. We need real change in this country.”
Reiterating a key distinction between him and Warren on economic grounds, he said that “Elizabeth considers herself—if I got the quote correctly—to be a capitalist to her bones. I don’t. And the reason I am not is because I will not tolerate for one second the kind of greed and corruption and income and wealth inequality and so much suffering that is going on in this country today, which is unnecessary.”
Warren’s quote which Sanders repeatedly referenced is from a July 2018 event hosted by the New England Council. The Massachusetts Democrat was quoted as saying, “I am a capitalist to my bones.” During an interview about a week later, CNBC editor at large John Harwood asked Warren, “You don’t think capitalists are bad people?”
“I am a capitalist. Come on. I believe in markets,” Warren responded. “What I don’t believe in is theft, what I don’t believe in is cheating. That’s where the difference is. I love what markets can do, I love what functioning economies can do. They are what make us rich, they are what create opportunity. But only fair markets, markets with rules. Markets without rules is about the rich take it all, it’s about the powerful get all of it. And that’s what’s gone wrong in America.”
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Sanders is currently third in national polls for the crowded 2020 primary race, behind Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden, who is back in the top spot after Warren briefly took the lead earlier this week, according to RealClearPolitics.
Reporters and political observers noted that Sanders’ comments during the ABC interview were “the biggest contrast” he has made with Warren in the race so far.
The interview comes as Sanders has temporarily suspended campaign events to recover from a minor heart attack, which he also addressed Sunday.
“‘Heart attack’ is a scary word,” he told Karl. “What I had is a 45 to 50 minute procedure, two stents were placed in my heart, because I had a blocked artery. This is a procedure, as I understand it, done many, many hundreds of thousands of times a year. It’s a fairly common procedure, and people are back on their feet pretty soon, as is the case with me.”
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Sanders’ campaign has said that he will participate in the upcoming Democratic primary debate co-hosted by CNN and The New York Times at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, which will air at 8 pm Tuesday. The campaign announced Saturday that Sanders will host a public “Bernie’s Back” rally at Queensbridge Park in New York City on the afternoon of Oct. 19.
Amid an emerging corporate media narrative that the heart attack dealt a devastating blow to Sanders’ chances of winning the White House, Common Dreams reported Thursday that “prominent campaign surrogates, advisers, and supporters in recent days have forcefully pushed back against that notion and argued Sanders—with his grassroots army as enthusiastic and motivated as ever—is well-positioned to compete for and ultimately win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.”
As RoseAnn DeMoro, former executive director of National Nurses United and prominent Sanders backer, told The Associated Press, “Heaven help the opposition.”
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West Virginia state Sen. Richard Ojeda (D) ended his 2020 presidential campaign Friday, saying it would be difficult to continue to ask people to donate to a campaign with little chance of success.
“I don’t want to see people send money to a campaign that’s probably not going to get off the ground,” Ojeda said in a video posted by the Young Turks.
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“I want you to know though that my fight does not end,” he continued. “I may not have the money to make the media pay attention but I will continue raising my voice and highlighting the issues the working class, the sick and the elderly face in this nation. I expect to have an announcement very soon about what my next steps will be.”
Ojeda, a former Army paratrooper who led the state’s teachers’ strike last year, had declared his intention to run for president in November.
Ojeda drew criticism for voting for Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE for president in 2016 then repeatedly criticizing him.
He ran for Congress in 2018, but lost his bid to represent West Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District to Republican Carol MillerCarol Devine MillerShelley Moore Capito wins Senate primary Hillicon Valley: Trump threatens Michigan, Nevada over mail-in voting | Officials call for broadband expansion during pandemic | Democrats call for investigation into Uber-Grubhub deal Republicans introduce bill to create legal ‘safe harbor’ for gig companies during the pandemic MORE.
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Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE leads the field of potential Democratic presidential candidates by double digits among likely Iowa caucusgoers, according to a new poll.
An Emerson College poll published Saturday found that Biden has the support of 29 percent of the planned caucusgoers surveyed, well ahead of Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.), who has the backing of 18 percent of likely caucusgoers polled.
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Biden has not yet announced a bid for president but has said he is likely to make the decision shortly.
The poll was based on interviews with 260 likely caucusgoers and has a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points. The interviews were conducted Jan. 30-Feb. 2.
Following Biden and Harris in the poll is Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) with 15 percent and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) with 11 percent. No other candidate received more than 6 percent of support.
Sanders, who ran against Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE in the 2016 Democratic Primary, also has not yet announced a White House bid.
Harris announced last month that she is running for the Democratic nomination, while Warren launched an exploratory committee in December and is expected to soon formally launch her campaign.
The Emerson College poll also found that Biden is the only Democratic front-runner who would defeat President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE in a head-to-head match-up among Iowa voters.
The poll shows 51 percent of respondents backing Biden and 49 percent supporting Trump.
That subset of the poll was based on interviews with 831 registered voters Jan. 30-Feb. 2 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
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Rep. Tim RyanTimothy (Tim) RyanMinnesota AG Keith Ellison says racism is a bigger problem than police behavior; 21 states see uptick in cases amid efforts to reopen Congress must fill the leadership void Pelosi pushes to unite party on coronavirus bill despite grumbling from left MORE (D-Ohio), a high-profile House moderate, said Wednesday evening he is “seriously considering” a presidential run in 2020.
“I don’t feel any pressure for any timeline for this point, but I am seriously considering it,” he told CNN host Erin Burnett.
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“The country is divided, we can’t get anything done because of these huge divisions that we have and people in communities like the one I represent, Erin, are suffering because of this division. You can’t win the future divided, a divided country is a weak country, and I’m concerned about that. I don’t feel any pressure to make any particular announcement anytime soon, but it is something I’m really worried about.”
Ryan rose to prominence after challenging then-House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi: Georgia primary ‘disgrace’ could preview an election debacle in November MORE (D-Calif.) for her post in 2016. He garnered about a third of the Democratic conference’s support in the unsuccessful effort, underlining significant divisions within the caucus.
Since then, he has opposed President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE and touted moderate policies he would like to see pushed through Congress.
He first raised eyebrows among 2020 prognosticators after making trips to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, three states that will hold crucial primary races in the Democratic nomination contest.
Democratic Sens. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (Calif.), Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (Mass.), Kirsten GillibrandKirsten GillibrandWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Warren, Pressley introduce bill to make it a crime for police officers to deny medical care to people in custody Senate Dems press DOJ over coronavirus safety precautions in juvenile detention centers MORE (N.Y.), Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (N.J.) and Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Democrats demand Republican leaders examine election challenges after Georgia voting chaos Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (Minn.) have already announced 2020 bids, and heavyweights such as former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE and Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) waiting in the wings.
Should Ryan throw his hat into the ring, he would likely run in the same lane as Klobuchar, Biden and possibly Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Senators raise concerns over government surveillance of protests | Amazon pauses police use of its facial recognition tech | FBI warns hackers are targeting mobile banking apps Democratic senators raise concerns over government surveillance of protests Some realistic solutions for income inequality MORE (D-Ohio), seeking to appeal to both their moderate base and blue-collar workers with progressive economic policies on trade and labor.
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Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.) on Thursday received some added home-state support for her presidential bid with the endorsements of six Democratic mayors from across California.
The endorsements of San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Compton Mayor Aja Brown were announced in a press release.
Many praised Harris for working on issues impacting the working class.
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“I couldn’t be more enthusiastic to endorse my fellow Bay Area sister, Kamala Harris, and her candidacy for President,” Breed said. “Kamala’s groundbreaking campaigns for district attorney, attorney general and the United States Senate paved the way for me and many women who have sought elected office in this state. She is acutely aware of the work that needs to be done on behalf of this nation and is prepared to lead and lift up hard-working men and women across this nation.”
Schaaf added, “There is no one better I can think of to lead our nation in these times than Oakland’s very own Kamala Harris. She is a fighter, a proven leader and champion for progressive ideals.”
The six mayors represent nearly 3.5 million Californians.
Harris has already garnered the endorsements of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.); Rep. Barbara LeeBarbara Jean LeeBlack lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol McCarthy says states have power on removing Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi calls for removal of Confederate statues in Capitol complex MORE (D-Calif.), the former head of the Congressional Black Caucus; and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta. The three will serve as co-chairs for Harris’s campaign in California.
Harris is running in a Democratic primary field that is already packed with other high-profile candidates, including Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.), Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.) and Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.), with heavy hitters like former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) also considering a jump into the White House race.
Booker last month won the endorsements of New Jersey’s entire Democratic congressional delegation as well as the state’s governor and lieutenant governor. No other 2020 candidate has yet solidified as much home state support as the Garden State’s junior senator.