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‘They mobilized a whole government response to that joke’: Obama laughs off Trump attacks in rally for Ossoff
Former US president comes to Georgia to support Jon Ossoff for US Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor Barack Obama, speaking at a Wednesday campaign rally in suburban Atlanta, offered a closing argument for Democrats in the final week of the midterm election campaign. “These are not serious people,” he said of Donald Trump and the Republican party. “And we’re all paying the price for their lack of seriousness.” Continue reading...

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Former US president comes to Georgia to support Jon Ossoff for US Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor Barack Obama, speaking at a Wednesday campaign rally in suburban Atlanta, offered a closing argument for Democrats in the final week of the midterm election campaign. “These are not serious people,” he said of Donald Trump and the Republican party. “And we’re all paying the price for their lack of seriousness.” Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘They mobilized a whole government response to that joke’: Obama laughs off Trump attacks in rally for Ossoff, Former US president comes to Georgia to support Jon Ossoff for US Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor Barack Obama, speaking at a Wednesday campaign rally in suburban Atlanta, offered a closing argument for Democrats in the final week of the midterm election campaign. “These are not serious people,” he said of Donald Trump and the Republican party. “And we’re all paying the price for their lack of seriousness.” Continue reading…
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