--- title: President Obama, Hillary Clinton: Read Remarks From Rally description: Here's what President Obama and Hillary Clinton said at a campaign rally in Charlotte on Tuesday canonical: https://time.com/4394191/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-rally-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-05T22:48:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:58.679Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Obama and Hillary Clinton's Remarks From Their First Joint Rally og:description: "We are fired up and ready to go" og:url: https://time.com/4394191/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-rally-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b2ac879f1e00622/69889ac23c1639d7c645dee0/obama-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Obama Campaigns With Hillary Clinton In Charlotte og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Obama and Hillary Clinton's Remarks From Their First Joint Rally twitter:description: "We are fired up and ready to go" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b2ac879f1e00622/69889ac23c1639d7c645dee0/obama-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Obama and Hillary Clinton's Remarks From Their First Joint Rally > Sponsored content. 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Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and U.S. president Barack Obama greet supporters during a campaign rally on July 5, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 5, 2016 10:48 PM UTC President Barack Obama joined presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at a [campaign rally in North Carolina](http://time.com/4393676/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-north-carolina-rally/?xid=homepage) on Tuesday, as both heaped praise on each other. “There has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton, ever,” Obama said at the event, the [first time](http://time.com/4392787/hillary-clinton-barack-obama-charlotte-north-carolina/) he’s stumped for Clinton during her campaign. “And that’s the truth.” Here’s what both said during their rally in Charlotte: --- > “” --- **Read more:** [Everyone Is Wondering If Sasha Obama Tweets](http://time.com/4393990/sasha-obama-twitter-tweets/) --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4394191/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-rally-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4394191/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-rally-transcript/"},"headline":"Read President Obama and Hillary Clinton's Remarks From Their First Joint Rally","datePublished":"2016-07-05T22:48:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:58.679Z","description":"\"We are fired up and ready to go\"","url":"https://time.com/4394191/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-rally-transcript/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Barack Obama","White House","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b2ac879f1e00622/69889ac23c1639d7c645dee0/obama-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b2ac879f1e00622/69889ac23c1639d7c645dee0/obama-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Campaigns With Hillary Clinton In Charlotte","caption":"President Obama Campaigns With Hillary Clinton In Charlotte","creditText":"Justin Sullivan/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4394191/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-rally-transcript/","name":"Read President Obama and Hillary Clinton's Remarks From Their First Joint Rally"}}]}] ```