By Priscilla Alvarez,Jeff Simon, and Gregory Krieg, CNN, October 24, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama used their first joint campaign appearance, on Thursday night in this Atlanta suburb, to issue parallel warnings about the dangers facing the country if Donald Trump is elected again to lead it.
Battleground Georgia is the latest stop in a late-campaign sprint by Obama, who has leveled at Trump increasingly passionate attacks and rounds of mocking. After Obama’s speech, Harris came onstage, where they embraced before the vice president delivered a nearly identical message.
Harris also borrowed a page from the Obama’s old campaign-trail call to action, declaring, “We will win – or, as a certain former president would say, ‘Yes we can!’”
But with just 12 days until the election, both Obama and Harris also leaned into policy questions, spelling out Harris’ plan for reducing the costs of groceries, prescription medication, housing and household necessities – even as they noted a series of upticks in broad economic markers.
“Bringing down the cost of living will be my focus every single day as president of the United States,” Harris said, in one of her best-received lines.
Obama in his remarks reprised his role as Trump’s chief roaster. But after making fun of his successor’s attempts to sell his wares, including a Trump-branded Bible, he paused to make a sober point.
“Just because (Trump) acts goofy,” the former president said, “doesn’t mean his presidency wouldn’t be dangerous.” Obama cited recent remarks made by former Trump chief of staff John Kelly, including that the former president fits “into the general definition of fascist.”
Minutes later, Harris returned to that theme, calling Trump “an unserious man,” while warning that the “consequences of him ever being president again are brutally serious.”
Both Democrats also stressed, directly and implicitly, the nearly two-decade age gap between Trump and Harris.
“There is an overwhelming call for a fresh start, for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic and excited about what we can do together,” Harris said. “There is a yearning for a president of the United States who will see you, who gets you, and who will fight for you.”
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