'Will make fantastic prez': Obama endorses Harris
Business Standard|July 27, 2024
Barack and Michelle Obama endorsed Kamala Harris' bid to become the Democratic nominee, offering their support to follow in his footsteps as only the second Black president in US history.
'Will make fantastic prez': Obama endorses Harris

A video released Friday shows the couple calling Harris to encourage her campaign - a symbolic passing of the torch from Obama, one of the youngest ever elected to the White House, to Harris. Harris is a historic figure in her own right as vice president and is now running to become the first female, Asian and Black woman US president.

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