Pelosi endorses Clinton as California primary voting begins

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi endorses Hillary Clinton for president as her home state of California begins presidential primary voting, ending months of artful fence-sitting during which Pelosi praised both Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders.

“I’m a voter in California and I have voted for Hillary Clinton for president of the United States,” Pelosi tells ABC’s “Good Morning America,” saying she is “proud to endorse her for that position.”

Pelosi says in a statement issued by her office that Clinton has demonstrated “her vision, her knowledge, her ability, indeed her stamina, to get the job done for the American people.”

Clinton reached the 2,383 delegates needed to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on the eve of Tuesday’s voting, according to an Associated Press tally.

In a call for party unity following a divisive primary season, Pelosi adds: “I congratulate and thank Senator Bernie Sanders for the great invigoration he is bringing to the presidential primary, and welcome the political and intellectual participation of his supporters to advance our shared fight for progress for the American people.”

— AP