Former President Obama stumps for Harris, bashes Trump at Pitt
PITTSBURGH 无毛视频� In the first stop on a campaign blitz less than a month before Election Day, former President Barack Obama used a campaign stop at the University of Pittsburgh to excoriate his successor who is also the current Republican presidential candidate.
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Obama无毛视频檚 stop at Pitt无毛视频檚 Fitzgerald Field House before an enthusiastic crowd of about 4,000 people was the first in a series of visits to swing states the former president will be making between now and Nov. 5 to boost the prospects of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in a contest that most prognosticators believe will be tight. Former President Bill Clinton is also set to visit swing states in the days ahead to stump for the Democratic ticket, according to several media reports, with a focus on mobilizing Democrats in rural areas.
Gov. Josh Shapiro, who was on Harris无毛视频� short list to be her running mate before she settled on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was one of Obama无毛视频檚 opening acts at the rally. Shapiro talked up his own achievements in the 21 months he has been governor and drew a roar from the crowd when he urged Trump to 无毛视频渟top s-t talking America.无毛视频� The former president continued with that theme, arguing that Trump is self-obsessed, prone to whining and preoccupied with his own grievances.
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And though Obama无毛视频檚 broadsides against Trump drew the strongest reaction from the crowd, the former president said Kamala Harris 无毛视频渋s ready to do the job. She believes in the values that built this country.无毛视频�
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Obama was introduced by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat who is in a competitive race to keep his seat against Republican businessman Dave McCormick. Obama praised Casey as a public servant who was humble and 无毛视频渞ooted in his community.无毛视频�
Pennsylvania is considered a must-win state for both Harris and her Republican opponent. In his two runs for the White House, in 2008 and 2012, Obama won Pennsylvania convincingly. However the winning margins were much smaller in the two presidential elections that followed: In 2016, Trump bested Hillary Clinton by a half-percent, and President Joe Biden won Pennsylvania in 2020 by a little more than 1%.
The rally at the Fitzgerald Field House was the second time Obama ventured to the Pitt campus in a presidential election year. In April 2008, in his first campaign for president, Obama made an appearance at Pitt无毛视频檚 Petersen Events Center. It was in the lead-up to the Pennsylvania primary, when Hillary Clinton and Obama were engaged in trench warfare for the Democratic nomination. Clinton won the primary, though Obama secured the nomination that summer.