Former President Barack Obama has endorsed his first candidate for office since leaving office — and it’s not a fellow Democrat. In fact, it’s not even an American.
“I am supporting Emmanuel Macron to lead you forward,” Obama said in English in a video addressed to the French people just days before Macron faces far-right candidate Marine Le Pen Sunday in an election that will determine the country’s next president.
Obama closes the minute-long video in French. “En Marche! Vive la France!”
L’espoir est en marche. Merci @BarackObama. pic.twitter.com/0azZHLZLse— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 4, 2017
The endorsement is highly, highly unusual — I …read more
Source: Vox
