Former President Barack Obama set fire to rubber highway races in Philadelphia on Wednesday when he returned to the campaign track to meet Joseph R. China.
We know that he continues to do business with China because he has a secret Chinese bank account. How is that possible? ”Mr. Obama asked his supporters who had been invited to hear him speak at a car rally in the parking lot of a sports complex in Philadelphia. The New York Times report Which exposed the president’s previously unknown financial holdings – as Mr. Trump criticizes Biden’s ties to the country.
“Can you imagine if I had a secret Chinese bank account?” The former president, dressed in a blue shirt with the sleeves folded, said his voice straining. “Can you imagine if I had a secret Chinese bank account when I was running for re-election?”
He added, “They called me Beijing Barry.”
“It’s not a great idea to have a president who owes a bunch of money to people overseas,” Obama said, adding that he may have paid more income taxes than he worked in a high school at an ice cream shop. What Mr. Trump paid During his first two years as president – $ 750.
Mr. Obama’s long-awaited speech, the first of several he intends to make on behalf of Mr. Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, over the next two weeks, is a complete reflection of His hesitation To engage Mr. Trump directly.
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“By the way, his TV ratings are low,” the former president said. “So you know this upsets him. But the thing is, this is not a realistic show. This is a reality. The rest of us had to live with the consequences of proving that he was unable to take the job seriously.”
Mr Obama, who helped raise millions for his former deputy online but did not appear in person at campaign events during the coronavirus pandemic, has criticized Mr Trump for failing to contain the outbreak in more personal terms than previously used.
He said: “After eight months have passed since this epidemic, cases are rising again throughout this country.” Donald Trump won’t suddenly protect us all. He cannot even take basic steps to protect himself. “
Obama, whose lofty campaign style disguises his Wydad instinct, took advantage of Trump’s misstep on Tuesday, when he told his supporters at a rally in western Pennsylvania that he would not have visited them if his campaign hadn’t been fighting.
“The president spent some time in Erie last night and apparently complained about going here,” Obama said with a laugh. “Then the event interrupted. Poor man. I don’t feel that way. I love coming to Pennsylvania.”
Mr Obama is set to hold his next event on Saturday in Miami, followed by another rally in Orlando next week, according to a Democratic official familiar with his plans.
Mr. Obama who traveled to Philadelphia in August to Delivering a televised speech at the virtual Democratic National Convention Portraying the election as an existential battle for the future of American democracy, those same issues struck during his visit Wednesday.
He warned Democrats not to give in due to opinion polls showing Biden an advantage, and said some had become “lazy” in 2016.
“I don’t care about polls,” he said, before referring to Hillary Clinton’s progress in the polls. “There was a whole bunch of polls last time. It just didn’t work.”
“We have to beat the other side,” he added, as Democrats’ horns began to sound.
