we call to say Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office former president Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid this comes as Harris builds momentum as the Democratic party’s likely nominee after President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection campaign I can’t have this phone call without saying to my girl kamla I am proud of you Barack Obama’s initial statement after Biden’s announcement didn’t include Harris he spoke generically about coming up with a nominee to succeed Biden this endorsement highlights the historic link between the country’s first black president and the first woman first black women and the first person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president who is now vying to break those barriers at the presidential rank the words you have spoken and the friendship that you have given over all these years mean more than I can express we’re going to have some fun with this too aren’t we