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.

  • SteveEnglish
    55·
    1 month ago

    Project 2025 exists because electing Biden didnt stop anything. P25 is simply the latest label for the same agenda that’s been going on since forever. That’s what never ends.

    The conservative religious right has waxed and waned for millennia. But it never stops.

    You’re missing the forest to the trees.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 month ago

      Okay, well then I guess we should give up. You’re right, don’t vote for Harris. She doesn’t pass the purity test. Let Trump win.

      • SteveEnglish
        15·
        1 month ago

        I never had a chance to vote for her. I was never offered any other options. That’s what my first comment was all about.

          • SteveEnglish
            24·
            1 month ago

            Would there have been a debate if I had?

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              61·
              1 month ago

              Possibly. But you clearly didn’t canvass. If you’re not going to put in the work to canvass for another candidate, it’s pretty silly to complain that you weren’t given a choice.

              Candidates don’t get on ballots by magic. It takes work.

              • SteveEnglish
                33·
                1 month ago

                No they wouldn’t. The party leaders were all in on Biden until 3 weeks ago. The last thing they want is for the public to choose “their” candate.