worldUpdated: Apr 14, 2020 23:04 ISTFormer President Barak Obama on Tuesday endorsed his former vice-president Joe Biden for the 2020 White House race saying he has the character and experience to guide the country through “one of our darkest times” and heal it through its recovery. The former president also called for Americans to unite in a “great awakening” against current-day politics, which he said was characterized, among other things, by “just plain meanness”. “Right now,” he added in a barely concealed swipe at President Donald Trump’s politics, “we need Americans of goodwill to unite in a great awakening against a politics that too often has been characterized by corruption, carelessness, self-dealing, disinformation, ignorance, and just plain meanness. The former president and his erstwhile deputy were friends indeed, as Obama noted in the endorsement. Obama delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Beau Biden, Biden’s eldest son who died of brain cancer in 2015.

Source: Hindustan Times April 14, 2020 17:22 UTC