Obama Appears with Biden, Targets Trump... "Is the Presidency a Reality Show?"

Obama Campaigns in Battleground States Including Michigan, Appears with Biden in Public for First Time
"My Brother Biden Will Be a Great President"... Trump Focuses on Winning Pennsylvania Votes

Former President Barack Obama (left) and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden campaigning for the U.S. presidential election on the 31st of last month [Image source=AP Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Three days before the U.S. presidential election, former President Barack Obama, the strongest supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, campaigned in battleground states including Michigan. For the first time, he appeared alongside Biden on the final weekend before the election, focusing on an all-out effort in the last stretch.

According to AP News and others, on October 31 (local time), former President Obama appeared with Biden at drive-in campaign events in Flint and Detroit, Michigan, urging voters to go out and vote. Michigan is a battleground state with 16 electoral votes, where President Donald Trump narrowly won by a margin of just 0.23 percentage points in the last election.

Former President Obama emphasized President Trump's failure to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. He criticized, "Trump complains 'Corona, Corona, Corona.' He envies the media's coverage of COVID-19. Now he accuses doctors of profiting from the pandemic." He pointed out, "He does not understand the idea that someone risks their life to save others without expecting anything in return," and added, "He treated the presidency as more than a reality show and showed no interest in helping or working for anyone other than himself and his friends. Unfortunately, the rest of us have to live with the consequences."

He then encouraged, "Biden cares about protecting you and your family's safety, but Trump cares about satisfying his own ego," urging, "Don't settle for reality, go vote." He also referred to Biden as "my brother," saying, "I like Biden. He will be a great president."

Former President Obama stressed, "Everything is at stake this coming Tuesday. Jobs and health are at stake. Whether we can control the pandemic or not is at stake," adding, "But you can choose change, a better America."

On the same day, former President Obama mocked, "What is his (President Trump's) obsession with crowd size? This is his measure of success," saying, "He is still worried that the inauguration crowd was smaller than mine. He is still talking about it." He further ridiculed, "Did no one come to his birthday party when he was young? (So) did he suffer a psychological shock?"

Former President Obama plans to conclude his campaign on November 2, the last day before the election, in South Florida and Atlanta, Georgia.

Meanwhile, on the same day, President Trump scheduled four campaign events in Pennsylvania alone, stepping up efforts to capture last-minute votes. At his first rally in Newtown, Bucks County, Trump accused Biden of being a "socialist leftist." Aware that Pennsylvania is a manufacturing hub with many middle-class workers, he attacked Biden, claiming that if elected, Biden would reduce blue-collar jobs and raise taxes, destroying the middle class.

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