Obama Calls Kamala Harris: You Will Be Extraordinary US President

US Vice President Kamala Harris/PHOTO via Instagram @ kamalaharris

JAKARTA - Former President of the United States Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, expressed their support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election in the country.

"Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend @Kamalaharris. We told him he would be an extraordinary President of the United States, and that we fully support him," Obama said at X as reported by ANTARA, Friday, July 26. "At this critical moment for our country, we will do everything we can to ensure he wins this November. We hope you will join us," wrote the former president of X.

Obama has shared his experience with Harris and will support Harris' candidacy for president, The New York Times newspaper reported the same morning.

Obama reportedly communicated regularly with the candidate from the Democratic Party, guided him from behind the scenes, and interacted with his formers who might be able to help Harris campaign.

President Joe Biden on Sunday (21/7) announced that he withdrew from the presidential election and supported Harris as a candidate for the Democratic Party.

Previously, Obama was markedly in the ranks of Democratic figures who supported Harris as Biden's successor. At that time, he only expressed his belief that the Democratic Party would be able to arrange the process to find the right presidential candidate.