Barack Obama gives his support to Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate

Obama gave Harris his endorsement in a video call on Friday, according to Reuters and several US media outlets.

“We called to say that Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to support you and to say that we’re going to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the White House,” Barack Obama told Harris in the video call. .

– I’m proud of you. This is going to be historic, continued former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Kamala Harris, for her part, expressed her great thanks for the support. It was expected in advance that Obama would give his support to Harris, who is likely to be the Democrats’ presidential candidate after Biden announced that he would not run for re-election.

Obama, America’s first black president, remains one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party. This despite the fact that it has been over a decade since he was first elected.

Obama was president between 2009 and 2017, and Joe Biden was his vice president during both terms in the White House.

Democrats hope that Obama’s Harris endorsement can help win over new voters, boost campaign fundraising and make the party better suited to take on Trump in the November election. That Harris gets Obama’s support is also an important signal that she will, by all accounts, become the Democrats’ presidential candidate.