Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump campaigned in different states on Saturday, 24 October, ten days before the 3 November midterm elections, each making a direct case to voters at rallies hundreds of miles apart.
Obama appeared in Cleveland and Detroit, according to Reuters and CNN. In Ohio, he campaigned alongside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown. In Michigan, he campaigned for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Obama framed the vote as a “circuit breaker” to “at least rein in some of the foolishness” of the Trump presidency, Reuters reported. He accused Trump of corruption, criticised his strategy on Iran, and mocked the gilded style of recent White House renovations.
Trump held his own rally the same day in Perry, Georgia, CNN reported. He campaigned for Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins, who is trying to unseat incumbent Jon Ossoff, and for Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson.
Trump dismissed Obama’s crowd size in Michigan and sparred with him over Iran, CNN reported. He also announced a plan by German carmaker Audi to build SUVs in Macon, Georgia, a plant he said would produce 200,000 vehicles a year and create 30,000 jobs.
The two rivals have loomed over the midterms from opposite sides. Trump has told supporters to treat the vote as if he were on the ballot, while Democrats have used his record to rally their own voters.
Source: CNN
