Former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama has released a joint statement regarding the just concluded 2024 US presidential election.
The duo released this statement few hours after the election results were announced and Donald Trump was declared the President-elect of the United States.
Barack and Michelle, in the statement, started by acknowledging the millions of Americans for casting their votes. They went ahead to congratulate the President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Senator JD Vance on their election victory. It’s no news that the Obamas rallied strongly behind the back of VP Kamala Harris as Barack Obama endorsed her at the DNC where she emerged as the presidential candidate for the Democratic Party according to this report by the CNBC. Read here.
The former president and first lady agreed that though they might not agree with the Republican ticket on some issue, but for the sake of democracy, are ready to accept that the Democratic point of view won’t always win, and they’re willing to accept a peaceful transfer of power.
The duo went ahead to touch on other issues. Read their full statement below:
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BARACK AND MRS. MICHELLE OBAMA ON THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Over the last few weeks and through Election Day, millions of Americans cast their votes not just for president, but for leaders at every level. Now the results are in, and we want to congratulate President Trump and Senator Vance on their victory. This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound disagreements with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues. But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won’t always win out, and being willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power.
Michelle and I could not be prouder of Vice President Harris and Governor Walz – two extraordinary public servants who ran a remarkable campaign. And we will always be grateful to the staff and volunteers who poured their heart and soul into electing public servants they truly believed in.
As I said on the campaign trail, 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. Those conditions have created headwinds for democratic incumbents around the world, and last night showed that America is not immune.
The good news is that these problems are solvable but only if we listen to each other, and only if we abide by the core constitutional principles and democratic norms that made this country great. In a country as big and diverse as ours, we won’t always see eye-to-eye on everything. But 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.
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