Barack Obama Is Set to Endorse Kamala Harris for President ‘Soon’

Barack Obama is planning to endorse Kamala Harris’ presidential bid despite initially refraining from doing so, according to a report.

The former president is set to make the endorsement “soon” and has been in close contact with Harris since she launched her White House bid Sunday, sources told NBC News. One source told the network Obama didn’t want his endorsement to “overshadow” President Joe Biden’s moment and his televised Oval Office speech Wednesday night in particular.

After Biden dropped out of the race Sunday and endorsed Harris to become his party’s nominee, Democrats across the U.S. quickly fell in line behind the vice president. But several notable key Democratic figures—including Obama—didn’t immediately declare their support.

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