Barack Obama finally endorses Kamala Harris for president and says he ‘couldn’t be more thrilled’ to endorse her
BARACK Obama has officially endorsed Kamala Harris in her bid to become the Democratic nominee for president.
The former president shared a statement with his with Michelle following rumours of their support.
Obama shared an X post where he and Michelle said Harris had their "full support."
"Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend @KamalaHarris," the former president said.
"We told her we think she'll make a fantastic President of the United States, and that she has our full support."
Former First Lady Michelle Obama also shared her own message of support to the current Democratic favorite.
"I’m so proud of my girl, Kamala," she said.
"Barack and I are so excited to endorse her as the Democratic nominee because of her positivity, sense of humor, and ability to bring light and hope to people all across the country.
"We’ve got your back."
"She'd had a pretty busy couple of days, to say the least," the former president added according to Axios.
"But we couldn't be more excited for her — or more thrilled to endorse Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States."
Obama shared a video of the pair calling Harris to throw their support behind her.
The pair shared several of well wishes to Harris, giving her campaign another major boost among her party.
"This going to be historic," Michelle said Harris.
This comes after days of speculation after Joe Biden's made his surprise exit from the race on Sunday.
Biden gave a 12-minute speech to the nation where he said his reason for stepping down was to "save democracy."
“Nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy and that includes personal ambition,” Biden said.
Biden had also backed his Vice President to take over his role in the campaign trail and lead the Democratic Party.
Harris has also gained mass support from other key Democratic Party leaders like Nancy Pelosi.
The presidential hopeful secured 2,668 delegates just a day after Biden's withdrawal.
This number has superseded the minimum of 1,976 required to win on a first ballot.
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Full list of Democrats who have endorsed Kamala Harris
- President Joe Biden
- Gov. Roy Cooper, North Carolina
- Gov. Gavin Newsom, California
- Gov. John Carney, Delaware
- Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii
- Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York
- Gov. Jay Inslee, Washington
- Gov. Janet Mills, Maine
- Gov. Phil Murphy, New Jersey
- Gov. Jared Polis, Colorado
- Gov. Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York
- Sen. Chris Murphy, Connecticut
- Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia
- Sen. Raphael Warnock, Georgia
- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin
- Sen. Michael Bennet, Colorado
- Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio
- Sen. Laphonza Butler, California
- Sen. Maria Cantwell, Washington
- Sen. Ben Cardin, Maryland
- Sen. Bob Casey, Pennsylvania
- Sen. Chris Coons, Delaware
- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada
- Sen. Martin Heinrich, New Mexico
- Sen. John Hickenlooper, Colorado
- Sen. Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
- Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia
- Sen. Mark Kelly, Arizona
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, New Mexico
- Sen. Ed Markey, Massachusetts
- Sen. Patty Murray, Washington
- Sen. Jon Ossoff, Georgia
- Sen. Alex Padilla, California
- Sen. Gary Peters, Michigan
- Sen. Jacky Rosen, Nevada
- Sen. Brian Schatz, Hawaii
- Sen. Tina Smith, Minnesota
- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
- Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon
- Rep. Steny Hoyer, Maryland
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, California
- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, New Jersey
- Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Michigan
- Rep. Colin Allred, Texas
- Rep. Gabe Amo, Rhode Island
- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts
- Rep. Becca Balint, Vermont
- Rep. Nanette Barragan, California
- Rep. Joyce Beatty, Ohio
- Rep. Ami Bera, California
- Rep. Don Beyer, Virginia
- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon
- Rep. Jamaal Bowman, New York
- Rep. Brendan Boyle, Pennsylvania
- Rep. Shontel Brown, Ohio
- Rep. Julia Brownley, California
- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, Illinois
- Rep. Cori Bush, Missouri
- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, Colorado
- Rep. Salud Carbajal, California
- Rep. Andre Carson, Indiana
- Rep. Troy Carter, Louisiana
- Rep. Greg Casar, Texas
- Rep. Sean Casten, Illinois
- Rep. Kathy Castor, Florida
- Rep. Joaquin Castro, Texas
- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Florida
- Rep. Judy Chu, California
- Rep. Yvette Clarke, New York
- Rep. Jim Clyburn, South Carolina
- Rep. Steve Cohen, Tennessee
- Rep. Gerry Connolly, Virginia
- Rep. Joe Courtney, Connecticut
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Texas
- Rep. Jason Crow, Colorado
- Rep. Danny Davis, Illinois
- Rep. Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania
- Rep. Diana DeGette, Colorado
- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut
- Rep. Debbie Dingell, Michigan
- Rep. Veronica Escobar, Texas
- Rep. Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania
- Rep. Teresa Fernandez, New Mexico
- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, Texas
- Rep. Bill Foster, Illinois
- Rep. Lois Frankel, Florida
- Rep. Maxwell Frost, Florida
- Rep. Ruben Gallego, Arizona
- Rep. John Garamendi, California
- Rep. Mike Garcia, California
- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, Texas
- Rep. Jesus Garcia, Illinois
- Rep. Daniel Goldman, New York
- Rep. Jimmy Gomez, California
- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey
- Rep. Raúl Grijalva, Arizona
- Rep. Jahana Hayes, Connecticut
- Rep. Steven Horsford, Nevada
- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, Pennsylvania
- Rep. Val Hoyle, Oregon
- Rep. Jared Huffman, California
- Rep. Glenn Ivey, Maryland
- Rep. Jeff Jackson, North Carolina
- Rep. Jonathan Jackson, Illinois
- Rep. Sara Jacobs, California
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Washington
- Rep. Hank Johnson, Georgia
- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California
- Rep. Bill Keating, Massachusetts
- Rep. Robin Kelly, Illinois
- Rep. Ro Khanna, California
- Rep. Dan Kildee, Michigan
- Rep. Andy Kim, New Jersey
- Rep. Greg Landsman, Ohio
- Rep. Rick Larsen, Washington
- Rep. Barbara Lee, California
- Rep. Summer Lee, Pennsylvania
- Rep. Susie Lee, Nevada
- Rep. Mike Levin, California
- Rep. Ted Lieu, California
- Rep. Seth Magaziner, Rhode Island
- Rep. Kathy Manning, North Carolina
- Rep. Lucy McBath, Georgia
- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, Virginia
- Rep. Betty McCollum, Minnesota
- Rep. Morgan McGarvey, Kentucky
- Rep. Jim McGovern, Massachusetts
- Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, New Hampshire
- Rep. Gregory Meeks, New York
- Rep. Rob Menendez, New Jersey
- Rep. Grace Meng, New York
- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Maryland
- Rep. Gwen Moore, Wisconsin
- Rep. Jared Moskowitz, Florida
- Rep. Seth Moulton, Massachusetts
- Rep. Kevin Mullin, California
- Rep. Jerry Nadler, New York
- Rep. Joe Neguse, Colorado
- Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota
- Rep. Frank Pallone, New Jersey
- Rep. Chris Pappas, New Hampshire
- Rep. Bill Pascrell, New Jersey
- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, Colorado
- Rep. Mark Pocan, Wisconsin
- Rep. Katie Porter, California
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts
- Rep. Mike Quigley, Illinois
- Rep. Delia Ramirez, Illinois
- Rep. Jamie Raskin, Maryland
- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware
- Rep. Deborah Ross, North Carolina
- Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland
- Rep. Andrea Salinas, Oregon
- Rep. Linda Sanchez, California
- Rep. John Sarbanes, Maryland
- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Illinois
- Rep. Adam Schiff, California
- Rep. Brad Schneider, Illinois
- Rep. Hillary Scholten, Michigan
- Rep. Bobby Scott, Virginia
- Rep. Terri Sewell, Alabama
- Rep. Brad Sherman, California
- Rep. Adam Smith, Washington
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Virginia
- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, New Mexico
- Rep. Greg Stanton, Arizona
- Rep. Haley Stevens, Michigan
- Rep. Marilyn Strickland, Washington
- Rep. Eric Swalwell, California
- Rep. Emilia Sykes, Ohio
- Rep. Mark Takano, California
- Rep. Shri Thanedar, Michigan
- Rep. Terry Thompson, Missouri
- Rep. Dina Titus, Nevada
- Rep. Jill Tokuda, Hawaii
- Rep. Paul Tonko, New York
- Rep. Norma Torres, California
- Rep. Ritchie Torres, New York
- Rep. Lori Trahan, Massachusetts
- Rep. David Trone, Maryland
- Rep. Lauren Underwood, Illinois
- Rep. Gabe Vasquez, New Mexico
- Rep. Marc Veasey, Texas
- Rep. Nydia Velazquez, New York
- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
- Rep. Maxine Waters, California
- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey
- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, Virginia
- Rep. Susan Wild, Pennsylvania
- Rep. Nikema Williams, Georgia
- Rep. Frederica Wilson, Florida
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