Coalition of State Attorneys General Endorse Joe Biden for President
Every elected Democratic Attorneys General Signs Letter in Support of former Vice President Joe Biden
We, a diverse coalition of state attorneys general, charged with defending the rights of our states and their residents, and committed to protecting and upholding the rule of law, proudly endorse Joseph R. Biden for president of the United States.
As state attorneys general, each of us swore to discharge dual roles as both the chief counsel for the states we represent and the “people’s lawyer” for our constituents. We ran for this office to protect the most vulnerable among us and to hold accountable those who would seek to harm and exploit them.
Unfortunately, our offices, individually and collectively, have been forced to sue the current administration time and time again for unlawfully putting our constituents and our democracy at risk.
In fact, the Trump Administration continues to back the Republican attorneys general lawsuit to destroy the Affordable Care Act wholesale, as states across the country are confronting the harrowing reality of the COVID-19 pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 122,000 Americans. Donald Trump’s efforts to strip health care away from tens of millions of Americans, including those with preexisting conditions, is immoral and unlawful; his mismanagement of the pandemic has been incompetent and catastrophic; and his response to the public protests of the killing of George Floyd has been callous and divisive.
We need a president with the commitment and compassion to unite, the character and dedication to lead, and the knowledge and experience to govern. We need a president who will work with the people, not against them. We need Joe Biden.
Joe Biden is the leader we trust to guide us out of this unprecedented health, economic, and social justice crisis. Under Joe Biden’s leadership, public health will be prioritized and health care will be reimagined. Rather than seeking to destroy the Affordable Care Act, Joe Biden will build on its progress. Rather than trying to gut Medicare and Medicaid, Joe Biden will increase funding and expand access. Rather than appointing anti-choice judges and restricting Title X funding, Joe Biden will protect reproductive health care. Rather than declaring open season for health care discrimination against transgender Americans, Joe Biden will implement a comprehensive LGBTQ+ health care agenda. Rather than spreading misinformation and sidelining experts, Joe Biden will ensure that public health decisions are made by public health professionals and not politicians. Rather than fanning the flames of racism, Joe Biden will help us heal our national wound of systemic racism and reform our criminal justice system.
We know Joe Biden can lead in tough times, because we have seen him do it.
We are proud of the work we have done to protect progress, but we are ready for the day when the federal government is our partner in seeking justice for our people, not a source of injustice against them.
We are ready for experience, competence, compassion and decency in the White House. We are ready for Joe Biden.
Sincerely,
New York AG Letitia James
Massachusetts AG Maura Healey, Co-Chair of the Democratic Attorneys General Association
Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum, Co-Chair of the Democratic Attorneys General Association
District of Columbia AG Karl Racine, Chair Emeritus of the Democratic Attorneys General Association
*Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro, Executive Committee Member of the Democratic Attorneys General Association
*California AG Xavier Becerra, Executive Committee Member of the Democratic Attorneys General Association
Nevada AG Aaron Ford, Executive Committee Member of the Democratic Attorneys General Association
*Connecticut AG William Tong, Executive Committee Member of the Democratic Attorneys General Association
*Colorado AG Phil Weiser
*Delaware AG Kathleen Jennings
*Illinois AG Kwame Raoul
*Iowa AG Tom Miller
Maine AG Aaron Frey
*Maryland AG Brian Frosh
*Michigan AG Dana Nessel
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison
New Mexico AG Hector Balderas
North Carolina AG Josh Stein
Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha
Vermont AG TJ Donovan
Virginia AG Mark Herring
Washington AG Bob Ferguson
Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul
*Denotes AG previously endorsed Vice President Joe Biden
