‘US ready for better story’: Obama lauds Kamala

Chicago, August 21

Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama delivered a one-two punch at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, urging Americans to back Kamala Harris in her 11th-hour presidential bid against Republican Donald Trump.

“We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos. We have seen that movie before, and we all know that the sequel is usually worse,” Obama told delegates on Day Two of the Chicago convention.

“America is ready for a new chapter. America is ready for a better story. We are ready for a President Kamala Harris.” He took aim at Trump, the Republican who followed him into the White House in 2017 and praised President Joe Biden, his vice president. “History will remember Joe Biden as a president who defended democracy at a moment of great danger. I am proud to call him my president, but even prouder to call him my friend.”

Pulling no punches, Michelle cautioned that Trump would try to distort Harris’ truth.