Less than two weeks before election day, the former president urges blacks not to give in to apathy
Less than two weeks before Election Day, former US President Barack Obama campaigned in Pennsylvania for his former Vice President and Democratic candidate Joe Biden. At a drive-in movie theater in Philadelphia, Obama delivered a passionate speech, in which he painted a picture of a highly dysfunctional president, Donald Trump, and his failed administration, while making a character- and policy-based case for a Biden. -Harris Administration. Obama said Trump was not interested in the job and was using the presidency as a reality show to get attention.
Obama criticized Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying at least 2.22,000 Americans had died, millions of jobs disappeared and 1,00,000 small businesses were closed. He compared the handling of the pandemic by South Korea and Canada to that of the United States, which has been far worse in terms of mortality and infections than the other two countries in question.
“Donald Trump wants to take all the credit for the economy he inherited and not be responsible for the pandemic he ignored,” Obama said.
Obama shot Trump for having a bank account in China. The New York Times had reported earlier this week that Trump International Hotels operated an account in the country.
“We know that you continue to do business with China because you have a secret bank account in China. How is that possible? How is that possible? “Obama said. [The bank account is not technically “secret” as the New York Times reported it had got the information from an analysis of Mr. Trump’s tax records].
“Listen, can you imagine if I had a secret account in a Chinese bank when I ran for re-election? Do you think Fox News could I have been a little worried about that? They would have called me ‘Beijing Barry,’ “Obama told the audience at the rally.
Obama responded for Biden’s character, saying he had empathy and decency. He criticized Republicans for repealing and not replacing the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) and said that Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris would expand Medicare (public health insurance) and create green jobs as part of the 2 trillion dollars from Biden. climate plan.
Obama kept coming back to the subject of the president’s conduct.
With Joe and Kamala at the helm, you won’t have to think about the crazy things they say every day. And that’s worth a lot, ”Obama said.
“You won’t have to argue about them every day. It just won’t be that strenuous. You could have a Thanksgiving dinner without arguing. They will be able to get on with their lives, knowing that the president is not going to retweet conspiracy theories about secret cabal that rule the world or that Navy Seals did not actually kill bin Laden. Think about it, the president of the United States retweeted that, ”he said, referring to a strange conspiracy theory that Trump had retweeted, according to which Obama and Biden had American soldiers killed to cover up a plot related to Osama Bin Laden.
Obama said that with a Biden-Harris administration, the country would not have to deal with a president who insulted or threatened people who disagreed with him.
“We would not tolerate it from a high school principal. We would not tolerate it from a coach. We would not tolerate it from a co-worker. We wouldn’t tolerate it in our own family, except maybe for some crazy uncle somewhere, you know? he said, asking why people were making excuses for Trump’s behavior.
“There are consequences for these actions,” Obama said cheerfully. “They encourage other people to be cruel, divisive and racist and that frays the fabric of our society. And it affects the way our children see things. And it affects the way our families get along. It affects the way the world views the United States, ”he said.
“That behavior matters. Character matters. “
Obama urged people to vote and said he didn’t care about the polls because the polls had returned the wrong results in the 2016 presidential election. Mr. Biden leads nationally and in Pennsylvania according to polls.
The former president called America a “good and decent place” and asked people to trust Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris to “lift this country out of these dark times.”
“Honk if you’re excited, honk if you’re ready to go,” Obama told drive-in attendees who responded by honking.
Trump spent Wednesday night campaigning in Gastonia, North Carolina.
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