(Washington) Former US President Barack Obama announced on Friday his support for the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris, the big favorite but not yet officially named Democratic candidate for the November presidential election.
“Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend Kamala Harris and told her that we thought she would make a fantastic president of the United States and that she had our full support,” Obama said on the social network X.
“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 added.
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 of former President Obama (2009-2017) amplifies the growing momentum of Mr. Obama’s campaign.me Harris, 59, who has enjoyed a groundswell of support from trade unions, ethnic minorities and her party since announcing her candidacy.
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 is 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 “completely” willing to debate with her, but under different 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.