Barack Obama finally reacted to the 2024 presidential election results after Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her concession speech.
The former president and former first lady Michelle Obama‘s statement congratulating Donald Trump but acknowledging ‘this is obviously not the outcome we hoped for.’
The couple got increasingly involved in the 2024 race and hit the campaign trail for Harris in the final weeks leading up to November 5.
But even the Obamas’ coattails, and the star power that came with it, couldn’t bring Harris over the finish line.
WHAT BARACK AND MICHELLE SAID
The joint statement from Barack and Michelle Obama noted that ‘America is not immune’ to having an electorate that reacts accordingly to the conditions of the country, which ultimately led to sweeping victories for Republicans across the country and in national and state-wide races.
‘America has been through a lot over the last few years,’ the former first couple wrote.
‘In a country as big and diverse as ours, we won’t always see eye-to-eye on everything,’ the statement admits. ‘But progress requires us to extend good faith and grace – even to people with whom we deeply disagree.’
The statement was released to X shortly after Harris delivered remarks from her alma mater Howard University in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday afternoon where she officially and publicly conceded the election to Trump.
