00:00George Clooney has endorsed Kamala Harris for President of the United States,
00:04following his controversial op-ed earlier this month that asked Joe Biden to step aside in the race.
00:09Over the weekend, President Biden did end his campaign for re-election
00:13and endorse his current Vice President, Harris, in her quest for the Oval Office.
00:17Now, Clooney is doing the same.
00:19The actor and influential Democratic donor wrote in a statement shared with CNN on Tuesday,
00:24President Biden has shown what true leadership is.
00:27He's saving democracy once again.
00:29We're all so excited to do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic quest.
00:34The move comes as Harris has secured enough support from Democratic delegates
00:37to become the party's official nominee for president, according to an Associated Press survey,
00:42with Harris quickly locking down 2,668 delegates, well above the 1,976 she needs to win the first ballot.
00:50Harris also racked up a record $81 million in grassroots donations in the first 24 hours
00:56following Biden dropping out of the race.
00:57And literally overnight, big-dollar Democratic donors who'd been nervously sitting on their checkbooks
01:02have been lining up to shower millions on their candidate.
01:05As for Clooney, the actor and director stirred up controversy in early July
01:08when he wrote a guest essay for the New York Times calling on Biden to step aside in the presidential race.
01:13The essay sparked a wave of criticism from hardcore Biden supporters
01:16and was also criticized among some supporters of Donald Trump, including Trump himself.
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