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 vowed on Sunday to choose a woman as his running mate if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination.
“I commit that I will, in fact, pick a woman to be vice president,” Biden said at a Democratic presidential debate in Washington. “There are a number of women who are qualified to be president tomorrow.”
CNN moderator Dana BashDana BashPro-Trump super PAC ads attack Biden’s economic record in ‘blue wall’ states Biden accuses Trump of ‘stoking deaths,’ being ‘falsely masculine’ Demings ‘concerned’ over theme park openings in Florida MORE asked Biden again if he was committed to picking a woman after he answered a separate question, and the former vice president replied affirmatively. “Yes,” he said.
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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.) said he would “in all likelihood” pick a woman as his running mate if he could upset Biden and win the nomination.
Sanders added that more important than choosing a woman as his running mate would be choosing a progressive to run alongside him.
“There are progressive women out there,” he said.
Joe Biden commits to choosing a woman as his running mate at CNN’s #DemDebate. Bernie Sanders says “in all likelihood” he will too. https://t.co/lDorNOTsr2 pic.twitter.com/1lZRIfZBZL
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) March 16, 2020
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Both candidates have come under pressure to choose women as their potential running mates, especially after Sen. 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.) dropped out of the presidential race.
With Warren’s exit from the race, the Democratic nominating contest has come down to two white men in their 70s, a remarkable outcome in a primary field that began last year as the most diverse in U.S. history.
Biden had previously expressed openness to choosing a woman as his running mate, but it wasn’t until Sunday that he made a firm commitment to doing so.
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