First Lady Stumps For Markey in Boston

The Boston Globe reported First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to a crowd of Democratic donors inside the Taj Boston Hotel on Arlington Street in Boston Wednesday in support of Congressman Edward Markey's bid for the U.S. Senate.

According to the Globe, Obama told donors "if you want to have my husband’s back, you need to support" Markey.

Outside the hotel, Markey told reporters Obama is "a symbol of our future" and that her arrival in Boston would give his campaign "real energy."

The First Lady's arrival just after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday included a motorcade with Boston and Massachusetts State Police. Police shut down Arlington Street between Commonwealth Avenue and Newbury Street to both pedestrian and vehicle traffic.

The Globe reported Obama was also slated to meet with Boston Marathon bombings survivors inside the hotel. 

Obama's visit comes just a day after her husband issued an official endorsement of Markey.

Markey will face Republican Cohasset businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez in the June 25 election to replace U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Senate.