Obama blasts Trump as a phony champion of the working class

[riversedge]

Source: washington post




Obama blasts Trump as a phony champion of the working class

By Anne Gearan and Philip Rucker September 13 at 5:25 PM

PHILADELPHIA — President Obama implored Americans on Tuesday to consider the gravity of the presidential election eight weeks away, calling Republican Donald Trump a dangerous fraud who has no real idea what it means to be president.

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Obama mocked the Republican and novice candidate as a fraudulent champion for the working class, suggesting that the businessman is merely exploiting this year’s populist voter mood after a lifetime of gilded circumstances.

“I keep on reading this analysis that Trump’s got support from, like, working folks,” Obama said. “Really? This is the guy you want to be championing working people? This guy who spent 70 years on this earth showing no concern for working people.”.................


“Look, I understand. We’re a young country; we are a restless country,” Obama said. “We always like the new, shiny thing. I benefited from that when I was a candidate. And we take for granted sometimes what’s steady and true. And Hillary Clinton’s steady, and she is true.”...........................



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-blasts-trump-as-a-phony-champion-of-the-working-class/2016/09/13/4a97be98-79c9-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_obama-320pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

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Obama was in his glory today--Chants for-- Hillary Hillary Hillary--- lots of times and Thank you also (for Obama)



Pic is from the OP:

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President Obama arrives for a rally for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia Tuesday. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)


Also,from cnn:


http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/13/politics/obama-campaign-trail-2016-election/index.html


Obama: 'I really, really, really want to elect Hillary Clinton'
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer

[Jim Dandy]

1. Yet another opportunity for Obama to save

.. This country from idiots.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. He had a great time up there

He is in his glory!

[William769]

3. He knocked it out of the park today for Hillary.

[truthisfreedom]

4. GObama!

He's got a way with words.

[Tempest]

5. I wish he would have mentioned the H-1B visas

Trump uses to hire with instead of using Americans.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Trump only loves the working class to cheat them out of their wages.

[ColemanMaskell]

7. Working url to video of Obama Philadelphia performance

Here is a link to a version of the video that worked for me just now. The other urls I tried had problems.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?415183-1/president-obama-campaigns-hillary-clinton-philadelphia&live

Obama the orator at his best.

If you have tried to see the video from other links and failed, try the above url.