Barack and Michelle Obama endorsed Kamala Harris for president, providing another huge boost to the now-presumptive Democratic nominee.

The former president and first lady threw their weight behind the presumptive Democratic nominee

Barack and Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination for president, sharing the news in a joint phone call.

A video released by the campaign suggests the former president and first lady called Harris on Thursday while the vice president was in Houston, where she addressed the American Federation of Teachers and received a briefing on recovery efforts following Hurricane Beryl.

“We called to say, Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,” Barack Obama is heard telling Harris in a 55-second video of the call.

“This is going to be historic,” Michelle Obama tells Harris.

  • Flying Squid
    20•4 months ago

    Honestly, after his failed 1987 primary challenge, I’m surprised he ever got back on his feet in terms of politics at all.

    He plagiarized a speech by a British politician and got caught, he was involved in a scandal involving his law school grades and he lied about his participation in the civil rights movement (or at least greatly exaggerated it).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_1988_presidential_campaign#Summer_1987

    On top of that, after dropping out, he had two brain aneurysms.

    It’s pretty amazing he got elected president in 2020.

    • @Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      6•4 months ago

      It’s pretty amazing he got elected president in 2020.

      America is a country where some areas have such high rates of diabetes, people fully expect to lose limbs due to circulation issues.

      It seems that you can simply train many people to expect their options to limited.