The former president, who was greeted with applause and cheers at the packed stadium hosting the party’s nominating convention, said Vice President Harris would fight for the American people and called out her rival in the November election. Donald Trump “Dangerous.” “Kamala Harris is ready for the job. She is a person who has spent her life fighting for people who need a voice,” he said.
Obama called Harris “someone who sees you and hears you and who will get up every day and fight for you.” “Yes, she can,” he said of Harris, prompting the boisterous crowd to repeatedly chant the phrase, recalling Obama’s own campaign slogan: “Yes, we can.”
Before his headlining performance, his wife and former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama told convention attendees that “something magically wonderful is in the air.”
“It’s the contagious power of hope,” she said, calling Harris “my girl” and saying that hope – another rallying cry of her husband’s successful 2008 campaign – “is coming back.”
His turn increased the already optimistic mood in Chicago where President Joe Biden gave her own emotional speech Monday night, less than a month after ending her re-election campaign. “They shared with us how they felt and we could relate to them,” said Mae Beale, wearing a hat in the colors of Marylandhis home state. “They were so real… I could relate to everything they said.”
In deeply personal comments that focus on the qualities of Harris, her husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoffsaid at the convention “it’s ready.”
“She brings joy and toughness to this task,” he said to cheers.
“At this moment in our nation’s history, she is exactly the right president.”
With the party united and Harris with strong support in the polls, Democrats They are making clear that they believe they can defeat Trump. “Thank you… see you in two days, Chicago,” he told delegates via video link.
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