Barack Obama has been active in island politics.

Saturday, Mazie Hirono‘s Senate campaign released a radio commercial with an endorsement from the president.

A day later, Tulsi Gabbard‘s House campaign announced its own presidential endorsement in a statement:

America’s middle class needs Tulsi Gabbard in Congress to stand up and fight for them. Tulsi will create jobs here at home by building from the middle out, not the top down. She will protect Medicare for our seniors and education for our next generation.  Middle class families can count on Tulsi Gabbard and she needs their support on Election Day.

Michael Levine

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