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Harris moves to secure the Democratic presidential nomination after Biden drops out

VICE-PRESIDENT Kamala Harris moved swiftly on Sunday to lock up the Democratic presidential nomination after Joe Biden stepped down from the campaign to be re-elected as the United States president.

After withdrawing from the campaign, Mr Biden threw his support behind his vice-president.

“Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” he said in another post on X. 

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