After dragging his feet, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will endorse Hillary Clinton for President!
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is planning to endorse Hillary Clinton for president before his planned candidates’ forum in Iowa in December, marking the end of a process that exposed Mr. de Blasio to criticism as other top Democrats lined up behind Mrs. Clinton.
The endorsement could happen long before the forum, according to a person familiar with the matter. Discussions are still under way with the Clinton camp, however, and aides for Mr. de Blasio are trying to decide how to roll out the backing.
Mr. de Blasio’s support would be what many political observers and people close to the mayor saw as an inevitability, even as he had declined for months to back Mrs. Clinton’s pursuit of the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.