The former president Barack Obama on Friday he questioned the competence of the former president donald trump in Tucson, Arizonaat an event supporting the vice president Kamala Harrisarguing that America does not need to see what an “older, crazier, no-guardrails Donald Trump” looks like.
“We have had enough of arrogance, clumsiness, boasting and division. The United States is ready to turn the page. We’re ready for a better story. “We are ready for a President Kamala Harris,” he told supporters at the rally in Tucson.
Obama also questioned Trump’s competence by mocking his town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, earlier this week, when Trump remained on stage without answering any more questions and swayed to music that played for more than 30 minutes.
“Along with their intentions, there is also the question of their competence. Have you seen him lately? I mean, he’s out there, giving two two-and-a-half-hour speeches, just word salads. They have no idea what he’s talking about. “He’s talking about Hannibal Lector, he’s talking about this, he’s talking about that,” Obama said.
“True freedom gives each of us the right to make decisions about our own lives: how we practice religion, who we marry, what our family is like. And we believe that freedom requires that we recognize that other people have the freedom to make different decisions. “That’s what Kamala Harris and Tim Walz believe,” Obama noted in a quote from his speech that he shared on X.
Campaigning in the border state, Obama once again criticized Trump for scapegoating immigrants with his proposal for mass deportations to solve America’s problems and win votes, and questioned: “Why didn’t he really solve the problem when he was in power?”
Obama praised the late Republican senator John McCain of Arizona, his former Republican rival in the 2008 elections, as “a man of character” and for understanding that “some values transcend party.”
McCain “believed in honest argument and listening to other people’s opinions. He did not demonize his political opponents,” Obama said.
John McCain and I didn’t always agree, but he understood that some values transcended parties. He knew that if we got in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or orthodoxy party, our democracy will not work.
John McCain had character. That’s what I think… pic.twitter.com/yaeyHT9IYE
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 19, 2024
U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, and U.S. Congressional candidate Kirsten Engel spoke before former President Obama at the Democratic campaign event for mobilize Arizona voters.
Barack Obama has already started the campaign for Kamala Harris, last week in Pittsburgh and plans to stop in Las Vegas, Detroit and Madison in the coming days.
Vice President Harris will appear with former President Barack Obama at a rally in Georgiaaccording to a senior campaign official who requested anonymity to speak about campaign plans not yet officially announced.
More than 11 million Americans have already voted
More than 11 million Americans have already voted in this year’s election with 18 days left until Election Day, according to CNN, which relies on data from 42 states collected by its own team, Edison Research and Catalist, a company that provides data, analysis and other services to Democrats, academics and advocacy groups. nonprofit advocacy, including information on who will vote before November.
California leads the way with more than 1.5 million votes cast, followed by Georgia with more than 1.1 million votes. More than 900,000 votes have been cast in Florida, Michigan and Virginia.
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