Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan (D) is endorsing 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 in the 2020 Democratic primary, The Associated Press reports.
“I’m going to do whatever he asks me to do,” Duggan told the outlet.
The mayor said Biden was a “great friend of Detroit” as vice president and visited “multiple times.”
“He cares deeply about the city and auto industry and auto workers. Joe Biden has a whole career of watching out for the working class in this country,” Duggan told the AP.
ADVERTISEMENT
Duggan told the outlet he will spend Wednesday with Biden in Detroit, where Biden is among the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates expected to address the NAACP national convention.
Twenty of the White House hopefuls will also take part in two debates in the city next week.
In an emailed statement, Biden said he is “incredibly honored to have Mayor Duggan’s support.”
“Detroit represents the backbone and prosperity of the middle-class and heart of the American auto industry, and Mike has done tremendous work spurring the city’s economic growth after crisis, revitalizing its mass transit system, and expanding access and opportunity to the city’s job training services for citizens,” Biden said. “Michigan, and Detroit in particular, will be crucial to defeating Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE and restoring the soul of our nation, and I look forward to meeting firsthand with voters over the coming months to make the case.”
Click Here: camiseta river plate
Biden campaigned for Duggan in 2017 during the city’s primary election. He recorded a robocall urging voters to reelect Duggan.
Duggan endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE in 2016.
Michigan was narrowly won by Trump in 2016 and will be a key state for the Democratic candidate to win in 2020.
—Updated at 8:38 p.m.