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.

  • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Nah it’s been fairly consistent that groups that use violence against civilian targets to gain political influence are labelled terrorists. What’s not been consistent is your personal sympathies towards people that use these tactics.

    Which is a really neat way to ignore all of the actual issues and push a conflict into genocide because you’ve made peace impossible any other way.

    That’s bullshit. People can always negotiate, if they choose leaders that are capable of negotiating in good faith.