{"id":28626,"date":"2020-10-14T09:38:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T16:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=28626"},"modified":"2020-10-14T09:38:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T16:38:39","slug":"vice-president-joe-biden-senator-kamala-harris-endorse-melissa-fox-for-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=28626","title":{"rendered":"VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN &#038; SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS ENDORSE MELISSA FOX FOR ASSEMBLY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Irvine Councilwoman Melissa Fox Garners High-Powered Support of Democratic Presidential Ticket in AD-68 Bid\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>IRVINE, CA<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span>In a significant jolt of momentum to her Assembly District 68 campaign less than three weeks from the election, today Irvine Councilwoman Melissa Fox earned a duo of powerful endorsements from Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/TyXIkeNwxADH29a4SF2Oy_wGBqxvKzssr7FhM8E78kkGxH1Ye0FroCTrTjObsr327zC0u0wNzqx7xuSI5uRMjT3i3ZbFBVuTfLnyAfpFfcMaHgpJqueR4j_sgeZBE6NV-4_cKzI_cc_ikrL2eHu1P2x9qFv4YQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c\/images\/7d2780ba-b002-45e4-8521-d2cc70ffd9e4.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Fox released the following statement reflecting on the influential endorsements:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly honored to receive Vice President Joe Biden\u2019s and Senator Kamala Harris\u2019s endorsements in my campaign for State Assembly.\u00a0Throughout his career, Vice President Biden has been a champion for working class families, working across party lines to uplift the people he represents. Senator Harris\u2019s lifelong commitment to public service and pioneering record of fearless advocacy has also been a significant inspiration for my run for Assembly. Like Vice President Biden and Senator Harris, I am dedicated to providing responsive, bipartisan leadership for my constituents, rooted in common sense and decency. I&#8217;m tremendously grateful for their support, and look forward to joining them in the fight for greater access to affordable healthcare and ensuring the needs of everyday families come first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously,\u00a0Councilwoman Fox\u2019s campaign released a duo of new video ads that are airing districtwide on cable television and digital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrust\u201d underscores\u00a0Melissa&#8217;s\u00a0<wbr \/>overwhelming support from prominent Democratic leaders, working men and women, and progressive groups, including firefighters, frontline workers, classroom teachers, Governor Newsom, and Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irvine Councilwoman Melissa Fox Garners High-Powered&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28627,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28626\/revisions\/28627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}