Comey backs Harris: ‘It’s finally morning in America’

Former FBI Director James Comey is backing Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), in the 2024 presidential race, he said Friday morning.

“Kamala Harris made me feel like it’s finally morning in America,” Comey wrote in a post on the social platform X. “Everyone who cares about the rule of law and America’s indispensable role in the world should vote for Harris and Walz. I will.”

Comey endorsed Biden during the 2020 Democratic primary. However, Biden’s campaign pushed back against the endorsement.

“Yes, customer service? I just received a package that I very much did not order,” Andrew Bates, director of rapid response for Biden’s campaign at the time, said when responding to Comey’s endorsement. “How can I return it, free of charge?”

Comey, who was fired by former President Trump in the spring of 2017, has become a critic of the former president in recent years. The former FBI director said in May that Trump will take aim at the FBI and the Department of Justice if he wins back the White House.

“Serious for the Justice Department and the FBI, because Trump is coming for those institutions. He knows their power, and I think he has regrets that he didn’t work hard enough to corrupt them last time. So, he’s coming for them, and that’s a danger for all Americans,” Comey said at the time.

“He’s going to put people in positions in those organizations. He didn’t have all-stars the last time; he’ll have the bottom of the barrel this time, but people who will want to do his will. And that should worry every American. This election matters because of a reason like that,” he added.

The Hill has reached out to the Harris campaign.