President Obama supports Bill Thompson for NYC Mayor
October 10th, 2009 - 3:02 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – President Obama is supporting Democrat Bill Thompson in the New York City mayoral election, the White House said on Friday.
During the daily White House briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, one reporter asked which candidate the President is supporting. While Gibbs did not mention Bill Thompson directly, he said that Obama supports the Democratic nominee, which is Thompson.
“The President is the leader of the Democratic Party, and as that, would support the Democratic nominee,” Gibbs told reporters at the White House. “The President obviously has had a chance to, throughout campaigning and in his time both as a candidate and as a President, to meet, know and work with Mayor Bloomberg, and obviously has a tremendous amount of respect for what he’s done as well. He, as the leader of the Democratic Party, supports the Democratic nominee.”
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