Tag: Obama
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Election 2024 live updates: Obama, Springsteen to rally for Harris; Trump to attend faith summit
Election 2024 live updates: Obama, Springsteen to rally for Harris; Trump to attend faith summit
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Michelle Obama hits the trail, warning what a Trump presidency would mean for women’s health
In her first stop on 2024 campaign trail, former first lady Michelle Obama delivered an urgent message to men, arguing that the election could have life or death consequences for the women they love. “I am asking y’all from the core of my being to take our lives seriously,” she said at a rally for…
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Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen fuel Harris’ campaign push in Georgia
Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a star-studded rally in Atlanta on Thursday night that featured remarks from President Barack Obama and a performance from rock legend Bruce Springsteen. The event was the first time Harris and Obama have shared the rally stage this cycle as the Democratic presidential nominee makes her closing pitch to voters…
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Trump to stump out West; Harris to rally with Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen
Share Trump has a closing argument. He’s not sticking to it. The video of Trump falling to the ground, then rising to his feet from underneath a pile of Secret Service agents with blood streaked across his cheek, pumping his fist in the air and shouting “fight, fight, fight,” is among the most compelling clips…
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Obama urges young men not to give up on the political process
Former President Barack Obama made a direct plea for young men not to get frustrated at the slow pace of political progress as he made the case to support Vice President Kamala Harris for president during the inaugural episode of a new podcast hosted by NBA players. “A lot of young people — a lot…
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Obama rallies Democrats in Wisconsin as they fret over ‘coin flip’ election
MADISON, Wis. — With just two weeks to go, in one of the tightest of the battleground states, former President Barack Obama on Tuesday made the case against Donald Trump, casting the former president’s words as dangerous, extreme and “shameful” as he fired up the base in a liberal bastion of the state. Before thousands…
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Obama on the campaign has one particularly tough crowd: Young Black men
TUCSON, Ariz. — If there’s a prototypical Kamala Harris voter it might seem to be Charles Johnson, a 23-year-old Black college student. Johnson is informed and politically engaged; he went to hear former President Barack Obama speak Friday at a Democratic campaign rally on the University of Arizona campus. Yet he isn’t all that impressed…
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Barack Obama contrasts John McCain with Trump at Arizona rally
TUCSON, Ariz. — Former President Barack Obama on Friday contrasted former President Donald Trump’s character to that of the late Sen. John McCain during a packed rally at the University of Arizona. Obama, who faced off against McCain in his successful bid for the White House in 2008, offered only kind words for his onetime…
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Barack Obama to stump for Harris; Trump to rally in Michigan
Share Harris and Trump zero in on Michigan today Both Harris and Trump will hold multiple campaign events in the crucial swing state of Michigan today. Harris will make stops in Grand Rapids, Lansing and Oakland County, while Trump will stop in Oakland County and Detroit. It is unclear whether their timing will overlap in…
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Michelle Obama has yet to hit the campaign trail for Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama has begun stumping for Vice President Kamala Harris. Bill Clinton is holding a series of campaign events for her in battleground states. Yet the Democratic superstar many members of the party would like to see helping Harris has been absent from the campaign trail so far. With just 21 days until…