{"id":4985,"date":"2024-07-26T12:18:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/restore\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2024-07-26T12:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:18:44","slug":"obama-wife-endorse-kamala-harris-democratic-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/obama-wife-endorse-kamala-harris-democratic-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama, Wife Endorse Kamala Harris\u2019 Democratic Nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, ending days of debate over whether he would endorse her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama said in a joint statement that they believe Vice President Harris has the “vision, the character and the strength that this critical moment demands.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Obama was said to be among more than 100 prominent Democrats Harris spoke with after President Joe Biden announced last Sunday that he was dropping out of the race.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement at the time, Obama praised Biden’s withdrawal from the race to the White House, but did not endorse Harris.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The American vice president has already obtained the support of the majority of Democrats, which will allow her to become the official candidate at the convention in August.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement on Friday, the Obamas said they could not be \u201cmore thrilled to endorse\u201d the vice president. They promised to do “everything we can” to elect her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“We agree with President Biden,” said the couple’s statement, “choosing Kamala was one of the best decisions he\u2019s made. She has the resume to prove it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

They cited her record as California\u2019s attorney general, US senator and then vice president.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“But Kamala has more than a resume,” the statement continued. “She has the vision, character and\u00a0 strength that this critical moment demands.<\/span><\/p>\n

“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.<\/span><\/p>\n

“At a time when the stakes have never been higher, she gives us all reason to hope.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The statement was accompanied by a video of Harris calling the Obamas and pledging their support.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Oh my goodness,” says the vice-president in the clip. “Michelle, Barack, this means so much to me.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Harris has held several campaign events across the United States in the days after Biden dropped out of the race.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, she spoke to the American Federation of Teachers union in Houston.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the event was considered one of her vice presidential duties, it had the elements of a campaign rally, with loud applause and cheers from the crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n

Echoing language used at campaign events earlier this week,\u00a0 Harris took aim at “extreme” Republicans and “failed” politicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to ban assault weapons, and they want to ban books,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continued his efforts to attack his new rival.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Lyin’ Kamala Harris is a Radical Left Marxist and worse!” he said in an all-capital-letters post on his social media site Truth Social.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump also refused to participate in a televised debate with Harris until she was officially confirmed as the party’s nominee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He suggested that Democrats are still hoping for a better candidate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harris\u00a0 also held “frank and constructive” talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling him it was time to end the\u00a0 war between Israel and Gaza.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel launched a campaign\u00a0 to destroy Hamas in Gaza in response to an attack on southern Israel last October that killed around 1,200 people\u00a0 and took 251 hostages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 39,000 people have died in Gaza since then, according to Hamas’ Health Ministry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kamala Harris said she explained her “serious concerns” for the victims in Gaza and told Netanyahu how Israel defended itself mattered.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vice President Harris also emphasized the need to find a way to a two-state solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Israeli prime minister also met with President Biden while at the White House and will meet with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: BBC News\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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