WASHINGTON, June 24 — Former US President Barack Obama yesterday made his first campaign appearance alongside Joe Biden since endorsing him for president in April, helping raise more than US$11 million (RM47 million) for his former No. 2 as he exhorted supporters to meet the “urgency” of the...
Wednesday, 24 Jun 2020 09:51 AM MYT
“I appreciate all of you being on this call,” Obama said at a virtual fundraiser. “But man, this is serious business. Whatever you've done so far is not enough.” Yesterday's fundraiser showed the drawing power of Obama, who remains overwhelmingly popular among the Democratic base and who will be counted on as a key campaign figure this autumn.
Trump, who has been campaigning for a second term since 2017, still has far more cash on hand ahead of the November 3 presidential election. “There is no disconnect between the urgency of this election and the political moment and what has been happening on the streets,” said Obama, referring to the civil rights protests that have swept across major cities since George Floyd, a Black man, died last month after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes.
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