Former President Barack Obama tweeted out some endorsements today, and there are some omissions that have been noticed:
Today I’m proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they’re running to represent: pic.twitter.com/gWzalQhFas
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 1, 2018
I’m confident that, together, they’ll strengthen this country we love by restoring opportunity, repairing our alliances and standing in the world, and upholding our fundamental commitment to justice, fairness, responsibility, and the rule of law. But first, they need our votes.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 1, 2018
People spotted a couple names in particular missing from Obama’s endorsement list. Here’s the first:
Please endorse @BetoORourke ??
— Jennifer Raines (@MiserableLie) August 1, 2018
Wow you ain’t supporting @BetoORourke ??
— Topher (@ICE__T_) August 1, 2018
You forgot to add @BetoORourke on that list for Texas!
— Izzy (@SaltyT3xan) August 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/DaYaSiOui/status/1024691752903557121
Could it be because O’Rourke’s such a long shot that Obama doesn’t want his name attached to an almost guaranteed loss, or that O’Rourke’s running in a conservative state and doesn’t even want an Obama endorsement?
And there’s one other name that doesn’t appear on Obama’s list of endorsements:
.@Ocasio2018 did not get @BarackObama’s endorsement LOL.
Warning: This is NOT satire. https://t.co/0M3VjOfI7E
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 1, 2018
Uh oh! Brace for impact:
Where's your endorsement of @Ocasio2018?
— Julian Clark (@ThirdJulianC) August 1, 2018
@BarackObama you should endorse @Ocasio2018 . You told us to believe in the change we can creat ourselves, now support one of us whos creating thst change.
— Neel Sannappa (@Neelsnapa) August 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/PGChute/status/1024691757978546176
https://twitter.com/neuronerdomatic/status/1024701706892926986
Where is @Ocasio2018? Cmon, Mr. President, she is the future.
— Brad McKinster (@pern5150) August 1, 2018
It remains to be seen how tightly some of these Dems will embrace an endorsement from a former president who presided over a party that suffered historic losses on his watch:
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1024694178758971393
LOL.