Former President Barack Obama, a popular Democratic elder statesman, will be replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground states in the month before Election Day, starting with a campaign stop in Pittsburgh next Thursday.
He will be traveling the country for events in battleground states in the final 27 days before the election.
Obama, the first black president, headlined the second night of the Democratic nominating convention in August. He symbolically passed the torch to Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, as the heir to his political movement, arguing that her candidacy was an extension of his own.
He said in his speech that Harris “will not focus on her problems, she will focus on your problems.” As president, she will not only cater to her supporters, but punish those who refuse to kiss the ring or bend the knee. She will work for all Americans. ”
He is now part of a final push to deliver victory for the vice president, starting in Pennsylvania, perhaps the most important battleground state in the election. In his convention speech, Obama warned that Harris’ victory was not guaranteed and urged Democrats to aim for a landslide victory over former President Donald J. Trump.
“It’s up to all of us to fight for the America we believe in,” Obama said at his party’s convention in August. “And don’t get me wrong, it’s going to be a fight.”
When Harris took over the Democratic presidential campaign this summer after President Biden left office, she added a number of former Obama advisers to her team, including David Plouffe, Obama’s first presidential candidate. .
