Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., on Thursday honored President Joe Biden, whom she called “a decent man from Delaware,” before she urged Americans to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November.

“On Jan. 8, 2011, a man tried to assassinate me. … I almost died, but I fought for my life, and I survived,” Giffords said, referring to a mass shooting at a constituent meeting in Tucson when she was a congresswoman.

She added: “So many people held me as I worked hard to recover, including…