Speaking in Philadelphia today he takes it to Trump. Some highlights:
Obama on Trump: "He's got a secret Chinese bank account. How's that possible? Listen, can you imagine if had a secret Chinese bank account when I was running for reelection? You think Fox News might've been a little concerned? They would've called me Beijing Barry." pic.twitter.com/yDzGr4cS5x
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 21, 2020
Obama: "Korea identified its first case at the same time the US did. Their per capita death toll is just 1.3% of what ours is. In Canada, it's just 39%… Other countries are still struggling with the pandemic but they're not doing as bad as we are." pic.twitter.com/e5Hzng5x7b
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 21, 2020
Obama: Joe’s not going to screw up testing. He’s not going to call scientists idiots. He’s not going to host a superspreader event at the White House. pic.twitter.com/azT4wPeODS
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 21, 2020
Obama: "You'll be able to go about your lives knowing that POTUS is not going to retweet conspiracy theories about secret cabals running the world or that Navy SEALs didn't actually kill bin Laden. Think about that. The president retweeted that. Imagine. What? What?" pic.twitter.com/oFioPjz25D
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 21, 2020
You can hear the exasperation in Obama's voice that the country is even in this situation.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 21, 2020
"The person who runs Medicaid right now is doing their best to kick people off Medicaid … come on." pic.twitter.com/Xc6oL2ATCu
Obama: "Believe me, I've got first-hand experience with the way Republicans in Congress abuse the rules to make it easy for special interests to stop progress. But we can make things better. And we sure shouldn't be making things worse." pic.twitter.com/ONvJfzTvJZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 21, 2020
If you get the chance to see the whole thing, do it. It’s good. Really good.
Obama winds down his speech with this: "America is a good and decent place, but we've just seen so much noise and nonsense that sometimes it's hard for us to remember. Philadelphia, I am asking you to remember what this country can be." pic.twitter.com/G57bRoCMsk
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 21, 2020