Amy Klobuchar rules herself out as possible Biden running mate

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Amy Klobuchar has withdrawn from consideration to be Joe Biden’s running mate, urging the presumptive Democratic nominee to choose a woman of color instead. The Minnesota senator’s prospects of running as vice president alongside Biden faded after the police killing of George Floyd in the state she represents sparked a nationwide reckoning over police brutality and systematic racism in the US.“I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket,” Klobuchar said on MSNBC