Tamlyn Tomita, Chair of CAPA21, announced CAPA21’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for President. CAPA21 previously endorsed Biden-Harris in April 2023 and renewed its endorsement earlier this month.

“Vice President Kamala Harris is uniquely prepared to lead us in prosecuting Trump and Project 2025,” said Tomita. “She is a tireless champion for our freedoms and the leader we need in this historic moment when we’re faced with a possible MAGA dictatorship. We’re also excited by the prospect of Kamala Harris breaking barriers as America’s first woman, first Black woman, and first Asian American to serve as President.”

CAPA21 is a California-based political action committee serving the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities with roots in the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans, founded in 1987 as one of the country’s first Asian American PACs. In addition to Tomita, the CAPA21 board includes Dale Minami, Maeley Tom, and Ginger Lew.

With President Biden, Vice President Harris led a sweeping proactive agenda and transformed people’s lives for the better. In the Senate, she was a fierce advocate, taking on the corrupt Trump administration and protecting our families from attacks on our freedoms. As Attorney General of California, she prosecuted corrupt CEOs and corporations to protect our freedom to get the care we need, without the fear of going bankrupt from it. 

We’re grateful to President Joe Biden for this opportunity to tell a new energizing story uplifting the incredible progress we’ve made and the dangers of Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans.

Joe Biden has put our country first throughout his entire career. The Biden-Harris team led our country and encouraged the strongest economy in the world, lower prescription drug prices, expanded access to affordable healthcare, passage of the first gun safety law in 30 years, and the most significant climate legislation in world history.

President Biden helped protect us from the dangers of a second Trump presidency in 2020 and after four years of post-pandemic recovery, landmark legislation, and real gains for people’s lives, we will see Joe Biden as one of America’s most successful presidents and honor him for being responsive to the people and doing what is best for our country. This is the ultimate act of statesmanship, cementing President Biden as a steady hand through the chaos and a bridge to a brighter future.

Supreme Court Decision Strengthened Case for President Biden in November

Tamlyn Tomita, Chair of the CAPA21 political action committee, announced that the PAC today renewed its endorsement of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for re-election. CAPA21 joins AAA Fund, which also renewed its support for Biden-Harris.

CAPA21 (https://capa21.com) is a political action committee serving the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities with roots in the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans, founded in 1987 as one of the country’s first Asian American PACs. In addition to Tomita, the CAPA21 board includes Dale Minami, Maeley Tom, and Ginger Lew.

President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the Biden-Harris administration have applied the full force of the federal government to ensure the promise of America for all AA and NHPI communities.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden-Harris Administration delivered the most equitable economic recovery on record with nearly 15 million jobs created, including historic AA and NHPI small business growth. The administration is also working to ensure equal access to a high-quality education, expand affordable healthcare for children and families, combat hate, improve disaster recovery, preserve indigenous heritage and lands, and protect civil rights by advancing language access and data equity.

President Biden and Vice President Harris have stood by AANHPI communities. CAPA21 strongly encourages our communities to stand by them.

While the Biden-Harris support for AANHPI communities alone is enough to warrant support for their re-election, the 6-3 decision this week by the Supreme Court on the Trump immunity case made the case for Biden-Harris even more clear.

“[The] decision to grant former Presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the Presidency,” wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent. “It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law. … The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.”

This is a Trump Supreme Court. The majority in the 6-3 decision included Justice Gorsuch, Justice Kavanaugh, and Justice Barret – all hand-picked by the right-wing Federalist Society and appointed by Trump to advance an extremist agenda in the high court, including overturning Roe v. Wade.

President Biden appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court and has put forth the most diverse group of judicial appointees of any President – all committed to principles that are at the core of our democracy: independence, freedom, and liberty.

CAPA21 believes the choice is clear and even more stark as of today. President Biden and Vice President Harris are the only true champions for our AANHPI communities and for the democracy that we must keep intact even as it cracks under the influence of Trump and MAGA forces.