As OK! previously reported, Barack and Michelle rallied for Vice President Kamala Harris throughout her 2024 presidential election campaign.
After the 60-year-old politician lost the race to her Republican rival, the Obamas released a heartfelt statement on X encouraging disappointed voters to “listen to each other” and “abide by the core constitutional principles and democratic norms that made this country great.”
“America has been through a lot over the last few years — from a historic pandemic and price hikes resulting from the pandemic, to rapid change and the feeling a lot of folks have that, no matter how hard they work, treading water is the best they can do,” the message read. “Progress requires us to extend good faith and grace — even to people with whom we deeply disagree. That’s how we’ve come this far, and it’s how we’ll keep building a country that is more fair and more just, more equal and more free.”
