Barack Obama to marketing campaign for Kamala Harris in swing states as Election Day nears 

Former President Barack Obama is hitting the stump for Vice President Kamala Harris in swing states beginning subsequent week, in line with a senior marketing campaign official. 

The primary cease in Obama’s blitz by battleground nation might be Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 10.

The Keystone State has 19 essential Electoral School votes up for grabs in November, and the latest polls present Harris is in a useless warmth with former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. 

The ex-commander in chief might be making a sequence of stops in assist of Harris in different swing states all through the ultimate 27 days of the 2024 presidential race, in line with the official. 

It’s unclear precisely what number of of Harris’ occasions will characteristic Obama within the marketing campaign’s spring to Election Day, and whether or not the vp will be a part of the forty fourth president at all the battleground state rallies. 

Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania are the seven battleground states this cycle. 

Harris, 59, and Trump, 78, are at the moment separated by margins of lower than 2 share factors in every of these states, in line with the newest RealClearPolitics common of polls. 

Obama, 63, reportedly performed a number one function within the behind-the-scenes strain marketing campaign to get President Biden to finish his re-election bid. 

The previous president, nevertheless, waited a full 4 days after Biden’s July 21 exit from the presidential race to publicly endorse Harris – whom Biden endorsed instantly after dropping out.  

Obama’s help on the marketing campaign path comes after he delivered a keynote speech in assist of Harris on the second night time of the Democratic Nationwide Conference –  the identical day the vp ceremonially declared the get together’s nominee for president.

“This conference has all the time been fairly good to children with humorous names who consider in a rustic the place something is feasible,” Obama stated in his remarks, arguing that as president, Harris “received’t be targeted on her issues … she’ll be targeted on yours.”

The vp was practically 100 miles away from the Chicago conference website throughout Obama’s speech, opting to carry a marketing campaign rally in Milwaukee fairly than attend the proceedings. 

The previous president’s estranged half-brother, Abon’go Malik Obama, advised The Submit earlier this week that he believes Barack is “nonetheless working the nation” — and would have “an enormous function to play” if Harris wins in November. 

Malik introduced final month that he’d be voting for Trump within the election, and has supported the forty fifth president since 2016.