Barack and Michelle Obama endorsed Kamala Harris for president, providing another huge boost to the now-presumptive Democratic nominee.

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.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    281·
    3 months ago

    This is the exact attitude that led Republicans into being able to believe that Trump is an upright and moral citizen…

    No, not even close to the same thing.

    Maybe you’re too young to remember, but Trump has a very long history of being a massive, racist, piece of shit. He is literally the archetype of nearly every movie and cartoon villain in the 90s (not even kidding, Some More News did a whole video on it, it’s actually insane).

    He was notorious for not paying his contractors, and instead telling them to sue him, knowing there was no way they could afford to win a case against him.

    He was notorious for blatantly racist housing policies at his properties.

    He was notorious for taking out a full page ad in the New York Times basically saying we should still kill the (recently found innocent) Central Park Five regardless of their guilt (guess their skin color).

    You can’t even make this comparison, it’s absurd.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      22·
      3 months ago

      His first time making national news was when the Justice Department went after him in 1973 for violating the Fair Housing Act.

      Black applicants for apartments in his buildings had the letter “C” (for “colored”) added to their applications and were denied based entirely on their race.

      For over 50 years he’s demonstrated time and again that he’s a racist piece of shit.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
      46·
      3 months ago

      Yes, and conservatives choose not to criticize him for being a shit head. My point is that it is the people’s job to hold their elected officials to a higher standard, and we do that with valid criticism.

        • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
          11·
          3 months ago

          It seems a lot of people here are conflating any criticism with disinformation. If you mention the war in Palestine people automatically roll their eyes.