The coronation appears to be complete, with former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama bending the knee to the Biden-Harris faction of the Democratic Party and lending Vice President Kamala Harris their endorsement to be the party’s nominee for president.
As previously relayed by The Dallas Express, Democratic officials and legacy media pundits have been falling all over themselves to support Harris following President Joe Biden’s not-so-unexpected announcement last weekend that he would be dropping out of the race. Quite notably, while the Obamas were quick to praise Biden’s legacy, they did no such thing when it came to the president’s endorsement.
It appears they wanted to become the last major party luminaries to throw their weight behind the presumed Democratic nominee. Now, why would that be?
Anyway, here’s some of what Fox News reported about the Obamas’ capitulation:
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in a video released Friday morning, after days of silence over their support.
The announcement came five days after President Biden, in a blockbuster announcement Sunday, ended his 2024 re-election rematch with former President Trump and endorsed his vice president. Biden made his move amid mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party for him to drop out after a disastrous performance in last month’s first presidential debate with Trump.
The embattled president’s immediate backing of Harris ignited a surge of endorsements of Harris by Democratic governors, senators, House members and other party leaders. By Monday night, the vice president announced that she had locked up her party’s nomination by landing the backing of a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates to next month’s Democratic National Convention.
But until Friday, the Obamas had kept quiet. The former president and former first lady now become the final key party leaders to endorse Harris.