President Barack Obama called Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders Tuesday to applaud them for “running inspiring campaigns that energized Democrats.” The President will meet Sanders at the White House on Thursday at the Vermont senator’s request, the statement said.
President Obama “congratulated” Hillary Clinton Tuesday for winning the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination.
“Her historic campaign inspired millions and is an extension of her lifelong fight for middle-class families and children,” the White House said in a statement following Clinton’s speech celebrating her status as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The statement serves as Obama’s first acknowledgment of Clinton’s elevation to the presumptive Democratic nominee.
