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Two U.S. representatives endorse Harris   June 21, 2019: Twenty-two Democratic presidential candidates will attend Rep. James Clyburn’s fish fry in Columbia, South Carolina. Kamala Harris secured endorsements from two members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Share the latest from the campaign trail.         Each Friday, we'll highlight a presidential candidate's key campaign staffer.   Roger Lau worked on Elizabeth Warren's senatorial campaigns in 2012 and 2018. Between those years, he served as state director for her U.S. Senate office. He has worked on several Democratic senatorial, congressional, and presidential campaigns as campaign manager and in other roles. Previous campaign work: 2018 Elizabeth Warren senatorial campaign, campaign manager 2012 Elizabeth Warren senatorial campaign, political director 2010 Richard Neal congressional campaign, campaign manager 2010 Mike Capuano senatorial campaign, campaign manager 2008 John Kerry senatorial campaign, campaign manager 2008 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, state director 2007 Niki Tsongas congressional campaign, campaign manager 2004 John Kerry presidential campaign, staffer Other experience: 2013-2018: Office of Sen. Warren, state director 2012: Office of Rep. Neal, district director 2010, 2011-2012: Office of Sen. Kerry, deputy state director 2009: U.S. Department of Commerce, chief of protocol 2006-2007: Office of Rep. Marty Meehan, district director 1999-2006: Office of Sen. Kerry, Massachusetts press secretary What he says about Warren: "Elizabeth Warren is the president America badly needs. She’s running on bold, structural solutions to tackle the corruption that’s squeezing working people and undermining our democracy. And she’s the leader with the fearlessness, practicality, and persistence it will take to bring those solutions to life." ​​ Notable Quote of the Day “As much as you sometimes need to be careful of going overboard with the concept of “lanes” in the Democratic primary, these shifts seem consistent with the lanes that everyone expected. Sanders and Warren are competing for left-leaning voters. And Buttigieg’s rise has been a challenge for O’Rourke given some of their surface similarities as youngish white guy 'outsiders' who are liberal but not too liberal. Apart from those two important shifts, pretty much everyone else is in the same position in the polls that they were three months ago.”  – Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight founder Democrats Michael Bennet, Bill de Blasio, Tulsi Gabbard, John Hickenlooper, Wayne Messam, Bernie Sanders, Andrew Yang, and 15 other candidates will attend Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina, Friday evening. Joe Biden unveiled endorsements from eight current and three former South Carolina mayors, including former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley (D). Cory Booker released a criminal justice plan in which he promised clemency for 17,000 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug-related crimes on his first day in office. Steve Bullock is campaigning in New Hampshire this weekend, holding a meet-and-greet in Concord Friday and a house party in Nashua Saturday. Pete Buttigieg resumed his campaign following an officer-involved shooting in South Bend, Indiana. The Buttigieg campaign also announced it had hired 30 new staffers in Iowa. Julián Castro delivered the keynote speech at the national conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. John Delaney sat down with Vox for a discussion on his foreign policy platform. Kirsten Gillibrand introduced a bill which would block a planned Department of Housing and Urban Development rule barring immigrants without legal permission to reside in the country from living in subsidized housing. Mike Gravel started Amendit.us, a group that will campaign to amend the U.S. Constitution to legalize marijuana for recreational use at the federal level. Kamala Harris was endorsed by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) and Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), both members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Jay Inslee appeared on MSNBC’s Velshi and Ruhle to discuss climate policy. Amy Klobuchar sat with PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff for an interview where she discussed her top three priorities if elected. Seth Moulton discussed his proposal to boost spending on cyberdefense with The Washington Post’s Joseph Marks. Beto O’Rourke sat for an interview with NBC News’ Harry Smith on his top priority if elected, which he said was to "fix our democracy and return power to people." Tim Ryan was interviewed by USA Today’s editorial board, where he criticized Democrats’ understanding of working-class voters. Eric Swalwell and Buttigieg will speak at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference Friday. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill which would allow gay couples married before the federal government allowed same sex couples to file joint returns in 2013 to file an amended return dating back to their marriage. Marianne Williamson issued a statement Wednesday clarifying her position after she had earlier criticized mandatory vaccination. Republicans TIME published a profile of Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. In an interview for the piece, Trump suggested that he might not need to focus on winning over swing voters and might instead focus on driving turnout among his supporters. What We’re Reading U.S. News and World Report: Betting on the Rust Belt Politico: The gloves come off in the Democratic primary Vox: The competing paths to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, explained Flashback: June 21, 2015 Bernie Sanders held a rally at the University of Denver which drew 5,500 attendees, drawing comparisons to a similar-sized Hillary Clinton rally in New York City the previous week.