Barack Obama targets need for early Democratic voting in Las Vegas
Source: Washington Post
October 20, 2024 at 1:31 a.m. EDT
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Standing in a high school gymnasium 10 miles from America’s gambling capital, former president Barack Obama implored any undecided or hesitant voters to place a figurative bet on Kamala Harris.
“Sometimes I talk to folks who don’t think it’s going to make a difference whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins,” Obama said in front of a rowdy crowd of thousands on the first day of early voting in Nevada. To them, he said: “Do not sit back and hope for the best. Get off your couch and vote.”
The rally in North Las Vegas was the second stop in a busy stretch of battleground state travel for the former president, who remains one of the nation’s most popular Democrats. Harris’s campaign is increasingly deploying Obama as its not-so-secret weapon in the race’s waning weeks, leaning on him to whip up enthusiasm in what could be a historically close contest.
In his 40-minute speech, Obama sought to underline the ways politics can have a tangible impact — and how an election “can make your life better or it can make it worse.” The coronavirus pandemic was the ultimate example, Obama argued, accusing his successor of mishandling the crisis and causing hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths.
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