"Barack Obama headlined a rally Saturday in Virginia to try to secure a victory for the state's Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who leads in polls days before the election. Obama moved between criticizing Donald Trump and Republican policy and rhetoric with a bit of humor while also explaining how Abigail Spanberger could help counter what Democrats see as the country's downward trajectory."
"The former US president stopped in the afternoon in Norfolk, Virginia, to stump for the former representative who at 55% support among voters leads the Republican lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, by 14 points, according to a YouGov survey conducted from 17 to 28 October. Obama later spoke in Newark, New Jersey, on behalf of the US representative Mikie Sherrill, whom 51% of voters favor, as compared with Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican state assembly member, who has 42% support, according to the same report."
"We've got a president who deployed the national guard in American cities and claimed to be stopping crime waves that don't actually exist, Obama said. We've got masked ICE agents in unmarked vans pulling people in off the streets, including US citizens, on the suspicion that they don't look like real Americans. It's like every day is Halloween except it's all tricks and no treats, Obama said amid reports of immigration raids taking place in Chicago and Los Angeles even on Halloween night."
Barack Obama campaigned in Norfolk, Virginia, and Newark, New Jersey, to support Democratic candidates Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill. Spanberger led Republican Winsome Earle-Sears by 14 points with 55% support in a YouGov survey conducted from Oct. 17 to 28. Sherrill held 51% compared with Jack Ciattarelli's 42% in the same survey. Obama criticized President Donald Trump and Republican policies, mocked priorities like Rose Garden paving and Oval Office gold-plating, joked about a president who would "save you a dance" if healthcare access failed, and condemned National Guard deployments and unmarked ICE raids targeting civilians.
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