House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Joe Kennedy III over Ed Markey in primary

Pelosi said when Democrats were working to take back control of the House from Republicans during the 2018 elections, Kennedy stumped for candidates across the country.

***LIVE- JULIE***It is down to the wire for bothmen vying for wire for both Itis down to the wire for both menvying for this Senate seat.

ForJoe Kennedy the third, it’s a 26hour long day that began at 3amPelosi/ Never before have thetimes demanded we electcourageous leaders as today.and the Speaker of the Housemay have provided more thancaffeine to get Ed Markey’schallenger through the day.Pelosi :10 in 2018 when we tooback the house, Joe campaignedacross America to make thatacross America campaigned house,Joe took back the 2018 when wetook back the house, Joecampaigned across America tomake that victory possible.

Heknows that to achieveprogressive change, you must beon the front lines, leadingmovements of peopleKennedy 22:2(ish)She is a hero, she is a trailblazer, she is a fighter 24:05to have her endorsement andvalidation in this race at thiscritical time(about the type of leadership weneed in the senate)means more than I can say35:18 Voters look up and theysay, oh, she’s with joe kennedy.He’s with ed markey.

That doeshelpWCVB’s democratic politicalanalyst Mary Anne Marsh sayseven at a time when endorsementsdon’t carry as much clout asthey once did, this one was big.MA 34:21 The fact that sheturned her back on markey afterserving with him for 25 yearsand endorsed joe kennedy afterserving with him for 8 years isan endorsement that joe kennedywants, especially right now inthis raceMarkey, campaigning himselftoday, didn’t comment on theendorsementbut in a statementsaid, "Any candidate would beproud to have her endorsement,and I congratulate CongressmanKennedy on securing hersupp