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US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the phone with former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as the Obamas endorse Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate..
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation's two most popular Democrats...
The endorsement, announced on Friday morning in a video showing Harris accepting a joint phone call from the former first couple, comes as Harris continues to build momentum as the party's likely nominee after President Joe Biden's decision to end his reelection bid and endorse his second-in-command against Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump...
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, the former president told Harris, who is shown taking the call as she walks backstage at an event, trailed by a Secret Service agent...
The Obamas are perhaps the last major party figures to endorse Harris formallya reflection of the former president's desire to remain, at least publicly, a party elder operating above the fray..
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