Obama was one of the only high-profile Democrats who had yet to back Harris.
President Joe Biden delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country's democracy as he laid out in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris .Former President Barack Obama officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday to be the Democratic Party's 2024 nominee.
In more extensive remarks on his decision delivered from the Oval Office on Wednesday night, Biden said he believed "the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation" and now was the time for "fresh" and "younger" voices. Several days before Obama's endorsement, Democratic leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, publicly endorsed Harris. Jeffries and Schumer both spoke about Harris earning the nomination "from the grassroots up and not the top down."
Though a source told ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Selina Wang that Harris had spoken to Obama, along with other leaders, in the 24 hours after Biden stepped down from the race.This week, we got a chance to catch up with a friend who we've known for more than 20 years. She'd had a pretty busy couple of days, to say the least. But we couldn't be more excited for her -- or more thrilled to endorse Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
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