'Atlanta, better is worth fighting for' President Barack Obama rallies in Georgia

Record ID: 1695247

  • Title: 'Atlanta, better is worth fighting for' President Barack Obama rallies in Georgia
  • Date: 29th October 2022
  • Summary: ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (REUTERS) STACEY ABRAMS SAYING THANK YOU AS PEOPLE CHANT STACY PEOPLE DANCING ALONG TO THE DJ'S MUSIC (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, STACEY ABRAMS SAYING: "Starting tomorrow, we've got ten days to victory. Ten days to destiny. Ten days to history. And I think you already know this, but, politics 101 says you got to
  • Embargoed: 12th November 2022 04:03
  • Keywords: ELECTIONS GEORGIA MIDTERMS OBAMA PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
  • Location: ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES
  • City: ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Government/Politics,United States,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001552529102022RP1
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  • Story Text:Democrats turned to former President Barack Obama on Friday (October 28) to rally Georgia voters in a tight U.S. Senate race that could determine whether the party keeps control of the chamber after the upcoming midterm elections.
    Obama, a two-term Democrat who left office in 2017, stumped in Atlanta for Senator Raphael Warnock, who faces Donald Trump-backed Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Polls show the race between Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker to be deadlocked.
    Speaking before an adoring crowd of more than 5,000, Obama urged them to vote in the Nov. 8 election.
    "I am here to tell you tuning out is not an option. Despair is not an option," he said.
    "The fundamental question you should be asking yourself right now is: 'Who will fight for you?'"
    Georgia has seen a record-breaking number of early voters, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. More than 1.25 million residents have already voted as of Friday, far ahead of the total (730,706) at this point in 2018, the year of the last midterm election.
    Obama's appearance is the start of a five-state tour that will take him to the battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania. That last appearance, on the Saturday before the Nov. 8 midterm elections, will be alongside Biden, who has held back from campaigning in some key battlegrounds as he struggles with low public approval ratings.
    Beyond Georgia, Republicans have focused their efforts on flipping a Democratic Senate seat in Arizona or Nevada.
    Republicans are also expected to win enough seats to take over the U.S. House of Representatives. Controlling both chambers will enable them to stonewall Biden’s agenda, block his executive branch nominees and launch investigations of his administration.
    (Production by: Maria Alejandra Cardona)
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