Former US President Barack Obama announced on Friday his support for the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic frontrunner but not yet officially nominated, for the November presidential election..
“Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend Kamala Harris. We told her that we thought she would make a fantastic president of the United States and that she had our full support,” Barack Obama wrote on the social network X on Friday, July 26.
“At this critical moment for our country, we will do everything in our power to ensure she wins in November. We hope you will join us,” he stressed.
The influential former leader is one of the last Democratic heavyweights to speak out, as Joe Biden pledged his support to Kamala Harris on Sunday. The outgoing president threw in the towel Sunday night, after weeks of calls to quit the race, amid concerns about his physical and mental condition.
The support from former President Obama (2009-2017) adds to the growing momentum of the campaign of Kamala Harris, 59, who has benefited from a wave of support from unions, ethnic minorities and her party since she announced her candidacy.
Trump no longer wants to debate
Kamala Harris said on Thursday that she was ready to debate with Donald Trump, but the Republican candidate for the American presidential election considered it “inopportune” to organize a face-to-face with his new rival before she has been officially designated by the Democratic Party.
“Trump agreed to a debate on September 10. Now it seems he is backpedaling,” the Democratic candidate mocked on X, assuring for her part that she was “ready.”
Donald Trump had indicated that he was “absolutely” willing to debate with her, but under other conditions – the choice of the planned channel, ABC, no longer suited him.
Campaigning in Texas on Thursday, Kamala Harris reeled off the campaign arguments she has been honing since Sunday: education, abortion rights, accessible health care…
She did not hold back her attacks on the former Republican president: Donald Trump and his allies “have the nerve to tell teachers to put a gun in the classroom while they refuse to adopt common sense laws on gun safety,” the fifty-year-old told the American Federation of Teachers.
With France 24 and AFP
