Up to now, Mr. Obama has raised millions of dollars for Mr. Biden online, but not in person at the campaign. The election is less than two weeks, Mr. Obama has a campaign in the parking lot in Pennsylvania – an important disputed state – on October 21.
He tried to convince voters that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could heal divided America. “America is a nice and kind place, but we have a hard time remembering that because we saw so many irrationalities and disturbances,” he said in his 35-minute speech, according to the AP. “I would like to ask you to trust Joe and Kamala’s ability to bring America out of this dark time.“
Two children sat in the car to listen to Mr. Obama’s speech.
Mr. Obama’s “return” and campaign for Mr. Biden in Philadelphia shows the importance of the state of Pennsylvania in the upcoming election, the battlefield state that Mr. Biden came most in the election season this year. Trump is also prioritizing this state, because he knows that if he loses 20 electoral votes here, his path to re-election will be much narrower.
Mr. Obama also talked a lot about disappointed voters, including black men and radical groups not satisfied with Mr. Biden, and urged them not to ignore the election. “What we do in the next 13 days will impact decades,” he said.
Mr. Obama criticized Mr. Trump and defended his legacy. “Mr. Trump wants to accept all the credit for the economy he actually inherits, and not to blame the pandemic that he has ignored.”
The former president condemned the “shameful” attempts of the Republicans to repeal his own universal insurance law (also known as Obamacare). “It’s always‘ two weeks away ”for all 10 years. Then where is it? Where’s the great plan to replace Obamacare? ”Mr. Obama said. “There is no plan. They never have a plan.”
Mr. Obama tried to contrast Mr. Trump’s insulting habit of targeting “anyone who does not support him” with Mr. Biden’s “sympathy, kindness”. “Our democracy cannot function if our leaders lie every day and keep fabricating,” he said.
He said it was unacceptable behavior and would not be tolerated as a principal, a coach, or even a member of a family. “Why do we accept such behavior from an American president”, Mr. Obama said.
In Philadelphia, Mr. Obama also had a roundtable talk, with a similar message but on a smaller scale. America’s first black former president to call on blacks to be indifferent. The city of Philadelphia is one of the congregations of Democratic voters where blacks in 2016 did not vote as much as they did in 2012 for Obama. That drop was enough to make the 2016 election balance tilt in Trump’s favor.
Mr. Obama asked about a baby outside a Democratic voter center in Pennsylvania on October 21.
Because of the Covid-19 epidemic and for safety reasons, Mr. Obama’s gymnasium invited only 15 voters.
Mr. Obama said not to vote is losing power, because politicians pay attention to citizens who vote. “One of the misconceptions spreading to Americans is the notion that government is separate from you,” he said. “The government is us. Of the people, by the people and for the people … government is run by those who are willing to sit at the table.”
Although the campaign is small, the Democrats say Mr. Obama is still the party’s biggest weapon. An online fundraising session by Obama earned Mr. Biden $ 7.6 million in June. He had online fundraising sessions targeting young voters, and allowed his name to be used in emails , advertising for the election campaign of Mr. Biden and Democratic candidates at all levels.