Washington - US Vice President Joseph Biden, expressed on Thursday, his way, his support for the candidacy of Hillary Clinton for president, hours after former Secretary of State received the formal support of President Barack Obama.
In a speech in Washington in which he attacked the presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump for his criticism of a judge of Mexican origin, Biden said that "with God's help," the next president of the country "will be the (former) Secretary (of State Hillary) Clinton. "
President Obama today gave its formal support to Hillary as virtual Democratic candidate for the White House, in a video released by the campaign that this was his secretary of state in his first term in the Oval Office.
"I do not think has ever been someone so qualified for this position (the president)" as Hillary, Obama said in the video, which should be interpreted as a "support group" that also includes the first lady, Michelle Obama, according White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
"I know how difficult it can be this work, which is why I know that Hillary will be so good," Obama said, adding that former Secretary of State, who was defeated him in the Democratic primary in 2008, is "courage, compassion and heart "to act as chairman.
Obama's announcement was expected since the state of the former secretary failed on Monday the required number of delegates to secure the nomination, and it happened immediately after today's meeting between the president and the opponent of the former first lady in Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders, the White House.
After the meeting with Obama, Sanders said he expects to meet soon with Hillary to see how they can "work together" to "defeat" Trump in the November elections, but refused to offer support to the former secretary of state and to abandon their campaign.
Sanders also met today with Biden, who congratulated him "for motivating many new voters and get them to the Democratic Party," she reported the office of vice president in a statement.
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