
<p>Former President Barack Obama has been pushing hard for Kamala Harris as Election Day nears. But it seems like his motivations for doing so are a bit self-serving. According to “unnamed insiders” who spoke to CNN, the former president has redoubled his support for Harris only because he’s fretting that a Democratic loss in this year’s presidential election will erode his legacy,</p>



<p>The network reported that Obama wanted to keep his political role to that of emeritus elder statesman and had, in recent years, kept his Democratic activities to behind-the-scenes meetings with elected congresspersons, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).</p>



<p>Obama, who has enriched himself post-presidency from six-figure speeches to Wall Street, a $65 million memoir deal, and a recently extended Netflix deal, talked to these congresspeople &#8220;about coming off like real people rather than scolding coastal elites,&#8221; people who were present told CNN.</p>



<p>Polls that show former president Donald Trump within striking distance of the Oval Office again this year, however, have turned Obama’s plans to lay low on their head. He intends to step up his support for Harris in the final weeks of the campaign, and you will likely see him out in public like we have not since his own 2012 run for office, sources told CNN.</p>



<p>After his first rally for Harris, held in Pittsburgh last week, he&#8217;ll hold more every week until election day and last week. Obama does not think he can sway committed Trump voters, CNN reported but is rather hoping to help motivate voters to counter them where it can make a difference in the electoral outcome.</p>



<p>The sudden urgency from Obama’s camp is apparently derived from a fear that, with a Trump victory, the Republican’s populist and nativist politics will have made Obama’s terms in office seem like an aberration.</p>

Obama Pushing For Harris Only Because He Is Afraid of Trump Destroying His Legacy
