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.

  • @disguy_ovahea
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    21 month ago

    The list of things “the Democrats want to take away” is going to be massive.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 month ago
      • guns
      • freedom
      • profitable good healthcare
      • freedom
      • national security
      • guns
      • white supremacy The American Way
      • Your rights if you count
      • christianity?
      • freedom
      • transphobia family values
      • the cops’ ability to commit unchecked violence
      • guns and freedom
      • 1940s textbooks

      All of these things are at risk.

      • @telllos
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        11 month ago

        They should really take your guns though…

    • @Nastybutler
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      21 month ago

      So far their biggest whinge is plastic straws. Not the hill most voters are willing to die on