Bass said she was reluctant to back Biden earlier when Sens. Cory Booker (N.J.) and Kamala D. Harris (Calif.), both CBC members, were in the 2020 Democratic primary. More than three dozen members of the caucus — 16 black women and 21 black men — have now endorsed Biden, a seven-term U.S. senator from Delaware who was the understudy for the first black president, Barack Obama. ADADSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who first came to Congress in 1991, has not made similar inroads and done the same outreach, Bass said. But Bass said she’s had several conversations with Biden since he launched his campaign last spring.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2020 12:00 UTC