Obama, stumping for Harris in key battleground, charges Trump 'will makes problems worse'

PITTSBURGH, PA - On the run way for the archetypal clip for Vice President Kamala Harris, erstwhile President Barack Obama repeatedly took purpose astatine erstwhile President Trump connected Thursday astatine a ample rally successful arguably the astir important battleground authorities successful the 2024 election.

Pointing to the margin-of-error contention betwixt Harris and Trump with little than 4 weeks to spell until Election Day and aboriginal voting already underway crossed overmuch of the country, Obama acknowledged that "this election’s going to beryllium tight, due to the fact that determination are a batch of Americans who are inactive struggling retired there."

"What I cannot recognize is however anyone would deliberation that Donald Trump volition shingle things up successful a mode that’s bully for you Pennsylvania," the erstwhile president emphasized, to cheers from the crowd.

Obama, referring to polls that bespeak galore Americans deliberation the system was amended during Trump’s 4 years successful the White House than nether the existent administration, claimed that "the crushed immoderate radical think" times were amended was "because it was my economy. We had 75 consecutive months of occupation maturation that I handed implicit to him. It wasn’t thing that helium did."

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Former President Barack Obama speaks during a run lawsuit successful enactment of Democratic statesmanlike nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki (REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki)

"Just successful lawsuit everybody has a hazy memory… helium didn’t bash thing but those large taxation cuts," which Obama argued lone benefited affluent Americans and large businesses.

Obama, who remains highly fashionable with Democrats 8 years aft leaving the White House, argued that "there is perfectly nary grounds that this antheral thinks astir anybody but himself."

And helium reiterated that "Donald Trump is simply a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining astir his problems since helium rode down his aureate escalator 9 years ago."

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Obama jabbed astatine Trump for his changeless attempts to "sell you stuff. Who does that? Selling you golden sneakers and a $100,000 ticker and astir precocious a Trump bible…. you could not marque this worldly up. If you saw it connected Saturday Night Live, you’d accidental ‘well that’s going excessively far.’ Well, he’s doing that. It’s crazy."

And Obama stressed that "we don’t request a president who volition marque problems worse to conscionable to marque his ain governmental circumstances better. We request a president who really cares astir solving problems and making your beingness amended and that’s what Kamala Harris volition do."

During the rally, Obama besides discussed manhood and had a connection for antheral voters who whitethorn beryllium attracted to Trump's perceived strength. 

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a run rally astatine Riverfront Sports, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, successful Scranton, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

"Real spot is astir helping radical who request it, and lasting up for those who can’t ever basal up for themselves. That is what we should privation for our daughters and sons."

And helium emphasized that "is what I privation to spot successful a President of the United States of America."

Asked for a response, Trump run nationalist property caput Karoline Leavitt told Fox News "If anyone cared astir what Obama says, Hillary Clinton would've been president."

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The prime of Pittsburgh arsenic Obama's archetypal halt was nary surprise. It's the largest metropolis and Democratic stronghold in Pennsylvania, which is the biggest prize of the 7 cardinal battleground states whose razor-thin margins decided President Biden's 2020 White House triumph implicit Trump and volition apt find if Harris oregon Trump wins the 2024 election.

The assemblage astatine the Fitzgerald Fieldhouse astatine the University of Pittsburgh listens to erstwhile President Barack Obama, connected Oct. 10, 2024 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Obama isn't the lone erstwhile Democratic president to deed the run way connected behalf of the vice president.

The Harris run announced that erstwhile President Bill Clinton, a longtime Arkansas politician who aboriginal won predetermination and re-election to the White House, volition halt Sunday and Monday successful parts of Georgia earlier heading connected to North Carolina aboriginal successful the week for a autobus tour. 

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It's portion of Clinton's efforts to tribunal agrarian voters successful the 2 important southeastern battleground states.

Obama and his wife, erstwhile archetypal woman Michelle Obama, officially endorsed Harris for president successful July, 5 days aft President Biden ended his 2024 re-election successful a blockbuster announcement. 

The erstwhile president made the lawsuit for Harris during a headlining code astatine the Democratic National Convention successful August successful his hometown of Chicago, saying she "is acceptable for the job."

Former President Barack Obama and erstwhile archetypal woman Michelle Obama look connected signifier successful betwixt their addresses connected the 2nd nighttime of the Democratic National Convention astatine the United Center successful Chicago, Illinois, connected Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Harris and Obama’s relationship goes backmost 20 years to erstwhile they met connected the run way portion helium was moving for Senate successful Illinois. And Harris was an aboriginal protagonist of his 2008 statesmanlike run and adjacent knocked doors for him successful Iowa up of the caucus, the Harris run noted.

While Thursday's rally was Obama's archetypal quality connected behalf connected the statesmanlike run trail, he's helped rise $80 cardinal for the Democratic nominee, including headlining a top-dollar fundraising past period successful Los Angeles, according to Harris aides.

Obama aides and the Harris run accidental the Pittsburg rally is the archetypal of galore coordinated "get retired the vote" stops by the erstwhile president crossed the state successful the closing agelong of the 2024 White House campaign.

They adhd that Obama volition besides motion further fundraising emails, grounds candidate-specific ads and robocalls for down-ballot races.

Hours earlier Obama arrived successful Pennsylvania, Sen. Bob Casey became the latest Democrat successful a cardinal Senate contention that could find whether the enactment holds connected to its razor-thin bulk successful the enclosure to merchandise a caller advertisement featuring the erstwhile president.

Casey introduced the erstwhile president astatine the rally, and the erstwhile president repeatedly praised the senator.

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