{"id":118151,"date":"2024-10-25T09:25:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T02:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118151"},"modified":"2024-10-25T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T02:25:22","slug":"harris-and-obama-use-first-joint-campaign-event-to-rally-voters-in-battleground-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118151","title":{"rendered":"Harris and Obama use first joint campaign event to rally voters in battleground Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Clarkston, Georgia<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o0tx1800003b5wi9ixsm4b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/23\/politics\/takeaways-kamala-harris-town-hall\/index.html\">Kamala Harris<\/a> and former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/13\/politics\/obama-campaign-trail-harris-biden\/index.html\">President Barack Obama<\/a> used their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/harris-trump-election-10-24-24\/index.html\">first joint campaign appearance<\/a>, on Thursday night in\u00a0this\u00a0Atlanta\u00a0suburb,\u00a0to issue parallel warnings about the dangers facing the country if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/24\/politics\/obama-harris-campaign-appearance-election\/index.html#:~:text=a%20potential%20second-,Donald%20Trump,-term%20and%20sought\">Donald Trump<\/a> is elected again to lead it.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1pjo700083b5wpd52e2u8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Battleground Georgia\u00a0is the latest\u00a0stop\u00a0in a\u00a0late-campaign sprint by Obama, who has leveled at Trump increasingly passionate attacks and rounds of mocking. After Obama\u2019s speech, Harris came onstage, where they embraced before the vice president delivered a nearly identical message.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw000t3b5w9d1s50wd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris also borrowed a page from the Obama\u2019s old campaign-trail call to action, declaring, \u201cWe will win \u2013 or, as a certain former president would say, \u2018Yes we can!\u2019\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw000u3b5wo0mu9wyp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But with just 12 days until the election, both Obama and Harris also leaned into policy questions, spelling out Harris\u2019\u00a0plan\u00a0for reducing the costs of groceries, prescription medication, housing and household necessities \u2013 even as they noted a series of upticks in broad economic markers.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw000v3b5wa4ac7ln6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBringing down the cost of living will be my focus every single day as president of the United States,\u201d Harris said, in one of her best-received lines.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw000w3b5wspi87ibr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Obama in his remarks reprised his role as Trump\u2019s chief roaster. But after making fun of his successor\u2019s attempts to sell his wares, including a Trump-branded Bible, he paused to make a sober point.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw000x3b5w5als6jg8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cJust because (Trump) acts goofy,\u201d\u00a0the former president\u00a0said, \u201cdoesn\u2019t mean his presidency wouldn\u2019t be dangerous.\u201d\u00a0Obama\u00a0cited\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/22\/politics\/trump-fascist-john-kelly\/index.html\">recent remarks<\/a>\u00a0made by former Trump chief of staff John Kelly, including that the former president fits \u201cinto the general definition of fascist.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw000y3b5wql4fbxdm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Minutes later, Harris returned to that theme, calling Trump \u201can unserious man,\u201d\u00a0while<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>warning that the \u201cconsequences of him ever being president again are brutally serious.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw000z3b5w22sqvf5l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Both Democrats also stressed, directly and implicitly, the nearly two-decade age gap between Trump and Harris.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw00103b5wzwhp2sad@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere is an overwhelming call for a fresh start, for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic and excited about what we can do together,\u201d Harris said. \u201cThere is a yearning for a president of the United States who will see you, who gets you, and who will fight for you.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw00113b5wl1f0inw2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Obama also acknowledged the electorate\u2019s desire for a change in political scenery.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw00123b5wm32ofxyh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI get why people are looking to shake things up,\u201d Obama said. \u201cWhat I can\u2019t understand is why anyone would think that Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that is good for you. Because there is absolutely no evidence that this man thinks about anybody but himself.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw00133b5wxql8w4po@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Digging deeper into her policy plans, Harris talked up\u00a0her proposals on health care and the economy,\u00a0while also ripping Trump over his role in the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to gut federal abortion rights \u2013 calling the state bans that have followed\u00a0\u201cimmoral.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw00143b5wxbbn5nb9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris repeated what\u2019s expected to be a prominent part of her closing argument \u2013 describing Trump as consumed\u00a0by\u00a0revenge and herself as focused on a \u201cto-do list\u201d for Americans.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw00153b5wx5wdrsct@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cJust imagine the Oval Office in three months. Picture it in your mind,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s either Donald Trump in there, stewing, stewing over his enemies list, or me working for you, checking off my to-do list.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw00163b5w8akdfkgo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris and Obama also invoked comments from\u00a0some of\u00a0Trump\u2019s former senior officials who have raised\u00a0the\u00a0alarm about him returning to the Oval Office.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw00183b5w8r0vrndu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe do not need four years of a wannabe king, a wannabe dictator running around trying to punish his enemies. That\u2019s not what you need in your life. America is ready to turn the page,\u201d\u00a0Obama\u00a0said, referencing Kelly\u2019s recent comments to The New York Times and The Atlantic.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw00193b5wmllrcfnu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And, as if responding to the harsh criticism the Republican critics of Trump have received from the MAGA movement, Obama insisted on the unique nature of their decision to speak out.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw001a3b5wjnl2n5ks@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThey are not \u2018woke liberals.\u2019 They are people who have never in the past even talked about politics,\u201d Obama said of Kelly and others. \u201cBecause they believed the military should be above politics.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw001b3b5w259cao0b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Obama and Harris have been acquainted for\u00a020\u00a0years. CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/13\/politics\/obama-campaign-trail-harris-biden\/index.html\">previously reported<\/a> that the former president has had several conversations with Harris, whom he first got to know through an informal network of up-and-coming Black politicians when he was a state senator, and she was a district attorney.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw001c3b5w5wgx4bq2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris recalled that history Thursday,\u00a0including her support for Obama\u2019s winning bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o3e7d9001u3b5wyz5ltxzz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn 2007, I went on New Year\u2019s Eve to Iowa to knock on doors in the snow. And all these years later, Barack Obama, I say to you your friendship and your faith in me and in our campaign means the world,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw001d3b5wt2az061d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The campaign also brought out\u00a0more<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>star power Thursday, including Bruce Springsteen who headlined the event. The music superstar has been a regular presence in the closing days of previous presidential elections, using his popularity to mobilize voters for Democratic candidates.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1rqub001m3b5wmte2rriz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI want a president who reveres the Constitution, who does not threaten but wants to protect and guide our great democracy,\u201d Springsteen told attendees Thursday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qhmw001e3b5wiwla0ptk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Saturday, Harris is also set to appear with\u00a0former first lady\u00a0Michelle Obama in Michigan.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2nzt4bp000n3b6pdf2z7xox@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Elise Hammond contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2o1qh8i000r3b5whodo7ocg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This story has been updated with additional details.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/24\/politics\/obama-harris-campaign-appearance-election\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarkston, Georgia CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama used their first joint campaign appearance, on Thursday night in\u00a0this\u00a0Atlanta\u00a0suburb,\u00a0to issue parallel warnings about the dangers facing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118151\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}