A "fired up" President Obama took the stage in North Carolina to stump for his one-time political rival Hillary Clinton, being greeted by the crowed with thunderous applause and saying no one has been "more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton."
Clinton, fresh off the news that she won't face charges in the probe of her use of private email, took the stage first to chants of "Hillary, Hillary, Hillary." She said she's known the president in many roles and called him "a friend."
"I was honored to stand with him in the good times and the hard times," she told the crowd in Charlotte. "Someone who has never forgotten where he came from. And, Donald [Trump], if you're out there tweeting, it's Hawaii."
Clinton then smiled after her reference to the Trump-led Birther movement, which questioned if President Obama was born in the United States. During her remarks, Clinton looked back to their 2008 primary where she played an active role campaigning for Obama after he defeated her.
"When it was over, I was proud to endorse him and campaign for him. And I'll never forget when he called me the Sunday after the election and invited me to come to Chicago and asked me to become Secretary of State," said Clinton.
Clinton's Democratic rival in the 2016 primary, Bernie Sanders, has yet to endorse her, although he’s said he’ll vote for the former Secretary of State.
The sitting president took the stage to Clinton asking the crowd if they were "fired up and ready to go?"
Then, Obama took the stage and said "Fired up? I am -- I'm fired up. Hillary got me fired up. She got me ready to do some work," he said.
Obama told the Democrats gathered in the Charlotte Convention Center that he believes in Clinton and that he's here because he wants to "help elect her the next president of the united States of America."
"There has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton. Ever," Obama said. "And that is the truth. That is the truth. And that's why I am so proud, North Carolina, to endorse Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States."
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