Kamala Harris‘The 2024 presidential campaign just got a major boost — and it’s coming from none other than Barak It is Michelle Obama!
Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend @KamalaHarris. We told her that we think she will make a fantastic President of the United States and that she has our full support. At this critical time for our country, we will do everything we can to ensure that she wins in… photo.twitter.com/0UIS0doIbA
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 26, 2024
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The former president and first lady endorsed Harris’ presidential bid in a video released Friday on social media … though the call apparently happened earlier this week. Harris receives a joint phone call from the Obamas, where they praise her and say they’ll do everything they can to put her in the Oval Office.
Needless to say, VP Harris is extremely grateful and continues to thank them for their continued support and friendship over the years.
The endorsement comes amid reports that Barack Obama previously offered his support to Harris privately… but remained conspicuously silent after she announced his campaign on Sunday.
It was a surprising attitude from the former president, as President Joe Biden I had already supported Harris when he announced he was ending his reelection bid. Numerous Democratic leaders soon followed suit… with Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren and more formally endorsing Harris this week.
Likewise, many in Hollywood supported Harris’s bid for the Oval Office… including Beyonce, Charli XCX, Cardi B, Barbra Streisand, John Legend, Ariana Grandebetween others.
Still, it was previously reported that BO did not want to overshadow Biden’s announcement by withdrawing his support too early.
Barack Obama’s endorsement of Harris is a full-circle moment for the vice president, who was an early supporter of his first presidential campaign in 2008.
Like Obama, Harris could make history if elected in November… as she would be the first woman and the first person of South Asian descent to be elected president. She would also be the second black president after Obama.