'There's nobody I trust more to be able to heal this country and get back on track than my dear friend Joe Biden,' Former President Barack Obama told supporters during a virtual Biden fundraiser Tuesday.
Joe Biden and Barack Obama during a signing ceremony in 2016. The former president took part in a virtual fundraiser Tuesday for his former vice president.Joe Biden and Barack Obama during a signing ceremony in 2016. The former president took part in a virtual fundraiser Tuesday for his former vice president.
"I am here to say the help is on the way if we do the work, because there's nobody I trust more to be able to heal this country and get back on track than my dear friend Joe Biden," Obama told supporters on the video conference. The former president said he believes the situation Biden would inherit — with the coronavirus pandemic, a recession and racial unrest — is tougher than the one that greeted him when he came into office in early 2009, but he said that he is inspired by a"great awakening" going on among young people.
"I appreciate you all being on this call, but man, this is serious business. Whatever you've done so far is not enough. And I hold myself and Michelle and my kids to the same standard," Obama said. More than 175,000 people donated to the Tuesday event, according to the Biden campaign, which billed it as a grassroots fundraiser, though press access was limited, and no video stream was made public.The fundraiser is the latest in a series of virtual events with big-name Democrats that have brought in significant fundraising hauls for Biden, helping him and Democrats bring in more money than President Trump's campaign and Republicans in May.
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