Obama Steps Up Support of Harris as He Privately Frets That a Trump Win Will Destroy Legacy: Report
Former president Barack Obama has aggressively ramped up campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris because he’s fretting that a Democratic loss in this year’s presidential election will erode his legacy, according to sources who spoke to CNN.
The network reported that Obama wanted to keep his political role to that of emeritus elder statesman, and had in recent years kept his Democratic activities to behind the scenes meetings with elected congresspersons including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
Obama, who has enriched himself post-presidency from six figure speeches to Wall Street, a $65 million memoir deal and a recently extended Netflix deal, talked to these congresspeople “about coming off like real people rather than scolding coastal elites,” people who were present told CNN.