Obama endorses de Blasio for mayor
Praises candidate’s ‘bold, courageous ideas'
Bill de Blasio’s mayoral campaign has gotten the presidential seal of approval.
The New York Observer reported on its website Monday morning that President Barack Obama has weighed in on the mayor’s race Monday morning, endorsing Democrat Bill de Blasio for the job of running the country’s largest city.
Obama’s endorsement comes a week after former president Bill Clinton and his wife, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton jointly announced that they are backing de Blasio. In 2000, de Blasio was Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager she ran for the US senate and won.
In a statement, Obama praised de Blasio, the city’s current public advocate, as someone with “bold, courageous ideas,” and stated that he would make a great mayor.