WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama’s White House tweeted one final, touching message to the country before Donald Trump took office.
On Friday morning, the Obama White House account tweeted, “Yes we can. Yes we did. Thank you for being a part of the past eight years.” Accompanying the words is a 2015 image of the Obama family marching with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and a crowd of others in Selma, Alabama.
Yes we can.
Yes we did.
Thank you for being a part of the past eight years. pic.twitter.com/mjmr4RkxpV— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) January 20, 2017
The tweets from the Obama White House account are now archived and maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration. The former president’s archived Twitter account lives on at @POTUS44. On Friday morning, the account had a flurry of messages thanking supporters and looking toward the future:
I’m still asking you to believe – not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours. I believe in change because I believe in you. — President Obama (@POTUS44) January 20, 2017
And if you want to follow Obama post White House, he is now back to his Twitter handle @BarackObama. He tweeted Friday afternoon that he’s logging off for some R & R, before he gets back to work.
Hi everybody! Back to the original handle. Is this thing still on? Michelle and I are off on a quick vacation, then we’ll get back to work.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 20, 2017
See other Obama White House accounts that are archived here.
