Obama endorses Clinton for president
President Obama will immediately be hitting the trail with Secretary Clinton, with the first stop next Wednesday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
During the clip, President Obama described Clinton as extremely qualified for the office. “But I do not anticipate voting for her this fall”. “Look, I know how hard this job can be, that’s why I know Hillary will be so good at it”, he added.
Despite running against Clinton in the Democratic primaries, O’Malley supplied his endorsement in a series of tweets.
“The media is whooping up Obama’s endorsement of Clinton but her campaign has received far more assistance from Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the apparent decision to not indict her for her email shenanigans”, Bovard said.
He congratulated her on making history by becoming the first female presumptive presidential nominee for a major US political party, and talked up her experience serving as secretary of state in his administration.
Afterward, Mr Sanders said he thanked Mr Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for remaining impartial through the Democratic primary campaign.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren, like Sanders a progressive and fiery critic of Wall Street, is preparing to endorse Clinton in the coming weeks after staying neutral in the Democratic primary, people familiar with her thinking said. I have seen her judgment.
The posted video came out hours after the president met with her opponent Bernie Sanders who has not dropped out of the race amid pressure from the Democratic party to do so.
He said on Thursday he would compete in the final primary in Washington, D.C., on June 14.
Sanders has vowed to worked with Clinton to defeat Trump.
Mr Sanders is also scheduled to meet with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada later Thursday and hold a rally in Washington.
The president’s long-anticipated blessing comes two days after Mrs Clinton secured enough delegates with victories in California, New Jersey and New Mexico to be able to clinch the Democratic nomination at next month’s party convention. “Yes, I am ready to get in this fight and work my heart out for Hillary Clinton to become the next USA president and to make sure that Donald Trump never gets any place close to the White House”, Warren told MSNBC news channel.
Sanders also took the opportunity to criticize Trump, whom he said would be a “disaster” as president of the United States.