Klobuchar Pulls Back From Consideration as Biden’s Running Mate

This combination of pictures created on March 2, 2020 shows Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden arriving to participate in the tenth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, S.C., on Feb. 25, 2020. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) arriving at a campaign stop in Waterloo, Iowa on Jan. 26, 2020. Logan Cyrus and Stephen Maturen/AFP/Getty Images

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) effectively pulled herself out of contention to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate on June 18, saying she felt that the historic moment required picking a woman of color.

“This is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket, and there are so many incredible qualified women,” she said in an interview on MSNBC. “If you want to heal this nation right now—my party, yes, but our nation—this is sure a hell of a way to do it.”