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.

  • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Michelle: When they go low we go high.

    Kamala: Let the meme trolling begin!

    If we do end up descending into a Draconian hellhole of an autocratic dictatorship at least the election run-up is going to be exponentially more entertaining than it was going to be with Joe.

    I say that dictatorship part because don’t think for a second that the GOP is gonna just roll over and die. Expect hard-line challenges to vote counts in every single swing state.

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Donald Trump could very well roll over and die and I would be ok with that. The only downside is not getting to know that he is in prison being miserable

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        The Heritage Foundation and its plan to cement autocratic fascist rule in the US will survive Trump.

    • ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I say that dictatorship part because don’t think for a second that the GOP is gonna just roll over and die. Expect hard-line challenges to vote counts in every single swing state.

      I’ve been saying this since Sunday. We just blew up the Death Star, but the Empire is still a threat. The fight ain’t over, yet.

      • NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        How did we blow up the Death Star? No victories have been achieved yet.

        This is more like Han hanging over the reigns of the Millenium Falcon to Lando in RotJ. The battle hasn’t even begun.