Barack and Michelle Obama electrify Democrats but warn of tight racepublished at 20:02 British Summer Time
Courtney Subramanian
Reporting from the convention
DNC: Obamas captivate Democrat convention and endorse Kamala Harris
Michelle and Barack Obama gave resounding endorsements of Kamala Harris on Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, exhorting party supporters across the US to turn out and vote to defeat Donald Trump in November.
“Hope is making a comeback,” Mrs Obama told the crowd at the DNC in Chicago, echoing her husband’s campaign promise of “hope and change”.
In their back-to-back speeches, the Democratic Party’s most popular figures praised Harris, while excoriating Trump – whose presidency was characterised by “bluster and chaos”, in the words of Mr Obama.
But the couple also warned their party not to lose sight of what remains an extremely tight race amid the enthusiasm for Harris’s campaign. They stressed the election would be decided in a handful of key swing states.
“Make no mistake, it will be a fight,” said the 63-year-old former president.
Michelle Obama, 60, stressed the point further. “We need to vote in numbers that erase any doubt,” she said. “We need to overwhelm any effort to suppress us.”
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