Klobuchar urges Biden to pick nonwhite woman as running mate
DES MOINES, IA – AUGUST 10: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks on stage during a forum on gun safety at the Iowa Events Center on August 10, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
June 19, 2020
CHICAGO (AP) – Amy Klobuchar is dropping out of vice presidential contention and urging Democrat Joe Biden to select a woman of color instead.
The Minnesota senator said Thursday night on MSNBC that she called the presumptive presidential nominee Wednesday night and made the suggestion.
She says it would be a step Biden could take to help “heal this nation.”
It comes as the senator’s home state has been roiled by the killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer.
Klobuchar herself came under fire for her handling of a murder case when she was a prosecutor that sent a black teen to prison for life.
