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WASHINGTON -- Former President Barack Obama officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris connected Thursday to beryllium the Democratic Party's 2024 nominee.
Obama was 1 of the lone high-profile Democrats who had yet to endorse Harris, who rapidly secured capable delegate enactment to clinch the information truthful agelong arsenic the delegates bash not alteration their caput earlier the Democratic National Convention's virtual rotation adjacent month.
When President Joe Biden announced Sunday helium was exiting the 2024 race, helium rapidly endorsed Harris to instrumentality his place.
In much extended remarks connected his determination delivered from the Oval Office connected Wednesday night, Biden said helium believed "the champion mode guardant is to walk the torch to a caller generation" and present was the clip for "fresh" and "younger" voices.
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"I made my choice. I've made my views known. I'd similar to convey our large vice president, Kamala Harris," Biden said. "She's experienced, she's tough, she's capable. She's been an unthinkable spouse to me, and a person for our country. Now, the prime is up to you, the American people."
After Biden backed Harris, galore Democrats crossed the state rapidly fell successful enactment down her and she faces nary large absorption yet for the party's nomination. Focus has already shifted to who she whitethorn prime to beryllium her vice statesmanlike moving mate successful challenging erstwhile President Donald Trump and JD Vance.
Several days earlier Obama's endorsement, Democratic leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, publically endorsed Harris. Jeffries and Schumer some spoke astir Harris earning the information "from the grassroots up and not the apical down."
Obama, too, appeared to privation to fto the "process" play retired earlier announcing his support. In his archetypal effect to Biden's determination to driblet out, Obama said the enactment would beryllium "navigating uncharted waters successful the days ahead."
"But I person bonzer assurance that the leaders of our enactment volition beryllium capable to make a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges," Obama said astatine the time.
Though a root told ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Selina Wang that Harris had spoken to Obama, on with different leaders, successful the 24 hours aft Biden stepped down from the race.
Full connection by President Obama and Mrs. Obama Endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris
This week, we got a accidental to drawback up with a person who we've known for much than 20 years. She'd had a beauteous engaged mates of days, to accidental the least. But we couldn't beryllium much excited for her -- oregon much thrilled to endorse Kamala Harris arsenic the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
We hold with President Biden -- choosing Kamala was 1 of the champion decisions he's made. She has the resume to beryllium it: As a prosecutor, she defended the Constitution and fought for folks who merit a just shake. As California's Attorney General, she worked hard to guarantee everyone was treated fairly, nary substance who they are oregon who they love. As a Senator, she was 1 of the strongest voices holding the Trump medication accountable. And, arsenic Vice President, she helped pb the complaint connected expanding the Affordable Care Act, combating clime change, warring for reproductive freedom, equality, and the regularisation of law.
But Kamala has much than a resume. She has the vision, the character, and the spot that this captious infinitesimal demands. There is nary uncertainty successful our caput that Kamala Harris has precisely what it takes to triumph this predetermination and present for the American people. At a clip erstwhile the stakes person ne'er been higher, she gives america each crushed to hope.
We cognize implicit the adjacent fewer months, Kamala volition proceed to marque her lawsuit straight to the American radical -- Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike. As she does, she volition person our afloat enactment -- and we look guardant to watching her unite our enactment and our state astir a imaginativeness for a brighter, fairer, much prosperous future.
We're going to bash everything we tin to elite Kamala Harris the adjacent President of the United States. And we anticipation you'll articulation us.
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