Reject mean-spirited Trump, Obama begs US voters
President Barack Obama on Monday urged
Americans to make history by electing Democrat Hillary Clinton to
succeed him in the White House, and reject the
“mean-spirited” politics
of Donald Trump.
“I ask you to do for Hillary what you
did for me,” Obama told a rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan — the first of
three he is holding for Clinton on the eve of the vote.
“You have the chance to reject a coarse,
divisive, mean-spirited politics that would take us backwards,” he
said. “The chance to elect our first female president.”
Obama and his wife Michelle have been
among Clinton’s most effective champions, drumming up enthusiasm for the
former secretary of state as she battled setbacks in the polls.
Michigan, normally a Democratic
stronghold, has emerged as a crucial battleground this year, one that
Trump, the Republican nominee, hopes will give him a path to victory.
Obama reminded voters that his administration rescued the state’s dominant auto industry from the brink of collapse in 2008.
“All that progress goes down the drain
if we don’t win tomorrow,” he said, adding, “This race will be close
here in Michigan, just like it will be in a lot of parts of the
country.”
“I want you just to focus, because the
choice you face when you step into the voting booth, it really cannot be
clearer. Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be commander in
chief,” he said.
“The good news is, you don’t just have
to vote against something. You actually have a candidate who’s worthy of
your vote. A candidate who is smart. A candidate who is steady. A
candidate who’s tested. Probably the most qualified person ever to run
for this office. The next president of the United States — Hillary
Clinton!”
Obama was to rally voters in Durham, New
Hampshire later in the day before joining up with Clinton for a big,
star-studded campaign event in Philadelphia.
He admitted to experiencing some nostalgia campaigning for what he said was likely to be the last time in a while.
“It’s not that often you’ve got a chance
to move history in a better direction. This is one of those moments.
This is one of those moments. Don’t let it slip away,” he said.
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