Obama endorses Biden for U.S. president
Former U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is endorsing Joe Biden, his former deputy, for the White House.
In a video posted on Twitter, Obama talked about Biden’s leadership, which he said “belongs in the White House.” “That’s why I’m so proud to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States.”
“Choosing Joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions I ever made, and he became a close friend,” Obama said. “And I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now.”
Biden, retweeting the video, said Obama’s endorsement “means the world” to him.
“We’re going to build on the progress we made together, and there’s no one I’d rather have standing by my side,” the former U.S. vice president said.
Biden became the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee last week after his only rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, suspended his own campaign. Sanders, who had campaigned on progressive policies, endorsed Biden, a moderate political veteran, on Monday.
In Tuesday’s video, Obama did not mention sitting President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, but took a shot at the administration’s handling of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
“Pandemics have a way of cutting through a lot of noise and spin to remind us what is real and what matters,” he said. “It’s reminded us that good government matters, that facts and science matter, that the rule of law matters, that having leaders that are informed and honest, and seek to bring people together, rather than drive them apart, those kinds of leaders matter.”
Brad Parscale, manager of Trump’s re-election campaign, fired back with a statement, saying that “Biden is the only candidate left in the Democrat field, Obama has no other choice but to support him.”
Primaries of the 2020 U.S. presidential race have not finished, as many states have delayed their voting due to the coronavirus pandemic. A Biden-Trump matchup is poised to take place.
The Democratic National Committee has postponed the party’s presidential nominating convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Aug. 17, the week before the Republican Party’s convention, scheduled for Aug. 24 to 27 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The 2020 U.S. presidential election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3.
OPEN LETTER TO BRAD PARSCALE :
Dear Mr. Parscale,
Former U.S. President Obama did NOT have to endorse former U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden.
The fact that he chose to do so at this time reflects very well NOT ONLY on Mr. Biden but also on Mr. Obama for NOT having interfered with a DEMOCRATIC election process.
On the other hand, the TOTAL HALF-WIT that you are trying to have ‘re-elected’ as President of the United States suffers from NUMEROUS DELUSIONS, including that he is an AUTHORITARIAN RULER.
It is AMAZING that he doesn’t insist on all citizens in the United States swearing an ‘oath of allegiance’ to him every morning.
Heil Trump ?
Both yourself and ‘racoon head’ Donald would do VERY WELL to heed the recent words of Barack Obama in relation to how pandemics ‘cut through’ noise and spin to remind people of what really matters.
Most sensible people AROUND THE WORLD are now PRAYING that U.S. voters see President Trump for the lying, conniving and totally incompetent person that he really is and loudly say to him in November :
“YOU’RE FIRED”.