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.

  • Flying Squid
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    What a strange question. The agenda didn’t get stopped because the election hasn’t happened yet. Which is why they need to be beaten first so it can be stopped.

    You do understand that it’s called “Project 2025” because they want to implement it in 2025, right?

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      Project 2025 exists because electing Biden didnt stop anything. P25 is simply the latest label for the same agenda that’s been going on since forever. That’s what never ends.

      The conservative religious right has waxed and waned for millennia. But it never stops.

      You’re missing the forest to the trees.

      • Flying Squid
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        71 month ago

        Okay, well then I guess we should give up. You’re right, don’t vote for Harris. She doesn’t pass the purity test. Let Trump win.

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          -41 month ago

          I never had a chance to vote for her. I was never offered any other options. That’s what my first comment was all about.

          • Flying Squid
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            71 month ago

            Did you canvass for anyone else to challenge Biden in a primary?

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                Possibly. But you clearly didn’t canvass. If you’re not going to put in the work to canvass for another candidate, it’s pretty silly to complain that you weren’t given a choice.

                Candidates don’t get on ballots by magic. It takes work.

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                  01 month ago

                  No they wouldn’t. The party leaders were all in on Biden until 3 weeks ago. The last thing they want is for the public to choose “their” candate.

                  • Flying Squid
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                    31 month ago

                    That’s a great excuse for never trying, isn’t it? “They don’t want us to do it.”

                  • @ripcord
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                    01 month ago

                    This is a lot of work to justify doing and contributing nothing.