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Barack Obama and Michelle Obama Endorse Kamala Harris for President

Former first couple waited for the Democratic Party to unite before backing the vice president

By Ken Thomas, WSJ

July 26, 2024 5:00 am ET



In a video released by the campaign, Kamala Harris spoke to the Obamas by phone while she was in Indianapolis for an event on July 24. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama endorsed Kamala Harris’s presidential bid Friday, lending their support in the most notable sign yet of the vice president’s rapid consolidation of the Democratic Party.


The endorsement from the Obamas came at the end of Harris’s first week since becoming the party’s expected nominee in the aftermath of President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the race against his GOP rival former President Donald Trump.


In a video released by the campaign, Harris spoke to the Obamas by phone while she was in Indianapolis for an event on Wednesday. Obama said he and the former first lady “couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office.”


Michelle Obama added: “This is going to be historic,” a nod to Harris’s potential of becoming the nation’s first woman to win the presidency.


In a statement released by the couple, the Obamas noted that they had known Harris for more than two decades and recalled what they saw as her achievements in California as a prosecutor, an attorney general, a U.S. senator and as Biden’s vice president.


“She has the vision, the character, and the strength that this critical moment demands. There is no doubt in our mind that Kamala Harris has exactly what it takes to win this election and deliver for the American people,” the Obamas said in the statement, which will be released as an email to supporters.


The former president was the last major figure in the Democratic Party to give Harris his endorsement. People close to Obama had said he first wanted to see the party united and the nomination settled.


Harris’s rapid ascension against no opposition so far and the endorsements of Democratic elected officials across the party, along with advocacy groups and labor unions, left little doubt that Obama would offer his public support.


Obama remains a popular figure within the party and has been a fundraiser for Democrats up and down the ballot and a proven surrogate. The endorsement comes ahead of next month’s Democratic National Convention in Obama’s hometown of Chicago, where he is expected to address delegates.


In election years, Obama typically ramps up his political activity after the Labor Day holiday, headlining rallies and events in battleground states—an approach he is expected to take this year.


Write to Ken Thomas at ken.thomas@wsj.com

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