NBC: Indivisible, the progressive group never keen on Biden, endorses the former VP

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Washington — Indivisible, the influential progressive "resistance" group founded in the wake of President Donald Trump's election, plans to endorse Joe Biden on Monday, its founders told NBC News.

The former vice president was never the group's favored candidate to take on Trump, with a February survey of its members showing that just 6 percent picked Biden among the then-crowded Democratic presidential primary field, well behind Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders

But the group's grassroots members and local chapter leaders voted overwhelmingly to support Biden, the apparent Democratic nominee, with Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin calling him "Abraham Lincoln compared to Donald Trump."
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Levin and Greenberg praised Biden for the entreaties he has been making to Sanders supporters and other progressives since he became the apparent nominee last month. The Indivisible leaders said they are engaged with Biden's campaign on policies they would like to see him prioritize, such as statehood for the District of Columbia, universal voting by mail and other "democracy reforms."

"Even if he's not on the same page as us to begin with, he's willing to listen," Levin said. "And importantly, he's willing to change his mind. If we can organize and push him, he'll move."

Indivisible, the progressive group never keen on Biden, endorses the former VP

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