Backing Biden, Pelosi offers earliest presidential endorsement since 2004

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nominee, a break from her neutrality in the long, contested primary contests of 2008 and 2016.

The California Democrat’s move was unsurprising and came nearly three weeks after Biden’s remaining rival for the Democratic nomination for the right to challenge President Trump, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, quit the race.

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