Barack Obama and Michelle Obama officially endorsed Kamala Harris for president
Former President Barack Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee, saying in a statement with Michelle Obama, the former first lady, that they would “do everything we can to elect Kamala Harris the next president of the United States.” Mr. Obama was the most prominent Democrat to have held out on endorsing Ms. Harris’s candidacy.
Ms. Harris accepted Mr. Obama’s endorsement in a phone call, a video of which her campaign released on Friday morning.
- A missing piece of Democratic support:Mr. Obama, who has positioned himself as an impartial Democratic elder since he left office, had been in touch with Ms. Harris in the days since she emerged as the top Democrat to replace President Biden as the party’s presidential nominee. In a video of a phone call released by the Harris campaign on Friday, Mr. Obama said that he and his wife, Michelle, “couldn’t be prouder to endorse” Ms. Harris. She replied: “Thank you both! It means so much. And, and we’re going to have some fun with this, too, aren’t we?”