Tweaking his own 2008 presidential campaign slogan ‘Yes we can’, Barack Obama endorsed Kamala Harris as the “next president of the US” at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday (August 20). “Yes she can,” he said of Harris, prompting the boisterous crowd to repeatedly chant the phrase.
Obama told fellow Democrats that the US is “ready” for Harris to be president. “And Kamala Harris is ready for the job. This is a person who has spent her life fighting for people who need a voice. The next President of the US is Kamala Harris,” he said to loud cheers.
Calling Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “dangerous”, the former president said “the torch has been passed” to someone who will fight for Americans. He said Harris is “someone who sees you and hears you and will get up every single day and fight for you”.
He further said it has been 16 years since he had the honour of accepting this party’s presidential nomination. He also brought President Joe Biden into his speech, saying “history will remember him as an outstanding president”.
“It has been 16 years since I had the honour of accepting this party’s nomination for President…Looking back, I can say without question that my first big decision as your nominee turned out to me as one of your best friends. I was asking Joe Biden to serve by my side as vice-president… History will remember Joe Biden as an outstanding president who defended democracy at a moment of great danger. I am proud to call him my president and even prouder to call him my friend…” he added.
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