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Barack & Michelle Obama Backed Kamala Harris as President Candidate

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Former US President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama delivered powerful speeches at the Democratic National Convention underway in Chicago today, rallying the country around the candidacy of Kamala Harris, who is poised to become the first Black and South Asian woman to secure a major party’s nomination for the presidency.

Taking the stage to a rapturous welcome, Barack Obama began his speech with, “Chicago, it’s good to be home.” He was greeted by thunderous applause from the audience. The former president quickly rekindled the spirit of his successful 2008 campaign, declaring, “I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling fired up and ready to go!”

“This convention has always been good to kids with funny names who believe in this country that anything is possible,” he said.

 

Sixteen years after first accepting the Democratic nomination, Mr Obama looked back with pride on his decision to choose Joe Biden as his vice president. “My first big decision was my best – it was to ask Joe Biden to serve as my vice president,” he said. “Other than some common Irish blood, we come from different worlds, but we became brothers.”

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