Obama to campaign for Harris in Pittsburgh next week, kicking off battleground state blitz

Former President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris next week, kicking off a blitz of the battleground states in the Pittsburgh area on Thursday, a senior campaign official confirmed.

The two have been friends for more than 20 years. Harris was an early supporter of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, at a time when much of the Democratic Party had coalesced behind Hillary Clinton, who was making her first run for the Oval Office. Harris traveled to Iowa to knock on doors ahead of the caucuses, which Obama won. Then-President Obama later endorsed Harris in her bid for U.S. Senate in 2016, a race she won easily.

Obama gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention in August, praising Harris as ready for the job of president.

“This is a person who has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and a champion. Kamala wasn’t born into privilege,” Obama said. “She had to work for what she’s got, and she actually cares about what other people are going through.”



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