Hollywood star George Clooney, one of the first high-profile Democratic activists to urge Joe Biden not to run for re-election, announced his support for Kamala Harris on Tuesday and cheered Biden's departure.
George Clooney endorses Kamala Harris, praises Biden for 'saving democracy'
"President Biden has shown what true leadership looks like. He is saving democracy once again. We are all so excited to do everything we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic quest," Clooney said in a statement to CNN.
Clooney, a major fundraiser for Democratic candidates and a longtime Biden supporter, broke ranks two weeks ago by openly calling on the 81-year-old president to make way for a younger candidate so the party would have a better chance of defeating Donald Trump in November.
“I love Joe Biden,” Clooney wrote in The New York Times, shocking many. “I consider him a friend, and I believe in him… But the one battle he cannot win is against time.”
