Can You Hear Me Now? The Obamas Finally Throw Kamala a Lifeline With Endorsement

The Obamas put out a statement on X about 5:30 a.m. this morning (about five hours before lazy Biden gets up). The post is below along with a video of Kamala answering his phone cal (isn’t that cute?!) along with Michelle saying, “I can’t have this phone call without saying to my girl Kamala: I am proud of you. This is going to be historic.”

X: the New Town Square.

Barack says, “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.”

Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend @KamalaHarris ^[1]. We told her we think she’ll make a fantastic President of the United States, and that she has our full support. At this critical moment for our country, we’re going to do everything we can to make sure she wins in… pic.twitter.com/0UIS0doIbA ^[2]

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 26, 2024 ^[3]

Michelle also has her own statement on X:

I’m so proud of my girl, Kamala. Barack and I are so excited to endorse her as the Democratic nominee because of her positivity, sense of humor, and ability to bring light and hope to people all across the country. We’ve got your back, @KamalaHarris ^[1]! pic.twitter.com/xldcZeDXuS ^[4]

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) July 26, 2024 ^[5]

NBC reports that the Obamas are expected to hit the campaign trail for Kamala, aiming to boost attendance at her rallies and generate Democratic voter enthusiasm – despite the fact that none has ever existed before.

Barack forced to make endorsement now.

I was expecting Barack to make his endorsement at the upcoming DNC convention so that he could make a big splash – and I’m guessing he still might be the one to “introduce” her there. But he had to do the endorsement now because the media was writing all kinds of articles about him being “very upset” that Kamala is the candidate according to a “Biden insider.” Therefore, doing damage control was in order.

Kamala’s grand moment.

The promise of an endorsement – and the phone call – apparently happened on Wednesday when Kamala was ignoring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday (she was instead in Indianapolis to speak at the historically Black Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.’s Grand Boulé event).

But the Obamas chose today to release their endorsement, coinciding with Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu. It’s evident that the Democrats are trying to dominate the media narrative and keep Trump out of the headlines. This timing is also strategic, as Kamala recently told her leftist base that Israel has a right to exist – a statement her young voters don’t want to hear. This isn’t the kind of news Kamala wants plastered all over TV, the internet, and social media though many of her leftist media allies are conveniently ignoring the story to support her campaign.