Why The Obamas WAITED To Endorse Kamala Harris

"Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid in a video released Friday.

“Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,” the former president told Harris on a phone call joined by his wife, according to the video."

***

The largest online progressive news show in the world. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET.

If you want to watch more videos from TYT, consider subscribing to other channels in our network:

#TYT #TheYoungTurks #BreakingNews

240726__TA01ObamaEndorsement

[LARENLM]

Cringe is an understatement- inauthentic

[awakenchiro]

Wish the endorsement wasn’t so staged.

[JP-sfer]

Politicians are nauseating with how fake they are.

[AverageJoe]

This is the most contrived phone call 😂

[westpole]

Ana pretending that she isn't going to vote for trump this election is down-right hilarious.

[EdgarRenje]

They don't have to pay for it? There was literally suddenly a camera running for this "surprising" phone call, and Barack sounds like as if an AI was spoken in his voice.

[Samhidesfrombullets]

The same people screaming that Joe was mentally fit a month ago are now screaming at you that Kamal is fit for President 😂

[carpentertom]

These videos she does of herself on the phone just make me think of "The Office". It's like watching a comedy :)

[BS-vxdg]

Wosny has the right take; Obama didn't see Kamala as the best candidate, he had hoped for a genuine process, and he got outmaneuvered on that, so he *had* to endorse Harris.

[StandbySunset]

They waited because they wanted the headlines to themselves and have a spotlight on just them.

[bilderberg]

She was pollling at 2% in the 2020 primaries. Let that sink in.

[JD-bdup]

This is Jussie Smolett Level CRINGE 😂😂😂😂😂

[neilmontgomery]

It looks like they endorsed her much earlier but waited to release the endorsement to take advantage of the news cycle. The Obamas are very intelligent operators and know how to use media.

[MonaJ]

I’m not gone lie, that call sounded so ingenious.

[whatsgoingon]

How many times did they rehearsed that?

[tommygunn]

How cringe. You call that a democracy?😭😭

[tomshady]

Wtf was that staged "phone call" that obviously never happened like that?

[argelisgomez]

That was so rehearsed it sounded like AI 😂

[johnchandler]

Why does she have the phone up to her ear when its on speaker?

[sicknado]

Michelle was basically like youu" it felt kid of forced lol..