The Obamas finally endorse Kamala Harris
It took the former president and first lady five days to endorse the current vice president. According to some reports, they are not convinced she can beat Donald Trump.
Former President Barack Obama.
Barack and Michelle Obama publicly endorsed Kamala Harris' candidacy. The endorsement came after days of conspicuous silence, as prominent Democratic Party figures, such as the Clintons, were speaking out in support of the vice president.
According to some reports, Barack Obama reportedly hesitated over whether to endorse Harris because he wasn't convinced she could beat Donald Trump. The former president had been considering, instead, promoting the candidacy of a more 'centrist' candidate such as Senator Mark Kelly, a former astronaut who represents the state of Arizona.
The Obamas' synchronous announcement comes a day after the Republican campaign argued that it could not arrange a debate with the vice president because she was lacking the public endorsement of the former Democratic president in addition to other party members, and therefore she did not have the nomination secured.
The couple made the support official by publishing, at the same time in their respective social media, a video with a call to Harris in which they express their support. In his publication, Barack Obama assures that the phone conversation took place "earlier this week," a sentence that would seek to silence doubts about the delay of his endorsement.
Harris responded, shortly after, saying that the couple's support "means so much":
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