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US ELECTION 2024 OBAMA CAMPAIGNING IN PENNSYLVANIA MSNBC Lawrence: While campaigning for Harris, Obama could not resist making fun of Trump PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D45KUpPFYsM Peter Burgess COMMENTARY The GOP management of the US economy, society and everything else has been a disaster for a long time. The George Bush II administration ended up with an economic catastrophy of epic proportion which was eventually handled pretty well by incoming President Obama at the end of the Bush Presidency. After 8 years of President Obama and pretty good economic management by the Democrats, Trump gets elected to the Presidency with pretty awful outcomes. Some of this was caused by the Covid crisis, 'a once in a hundred year pandemic' ... but otherwise the Trump Administration was a serial disaster doing material damage to the national financial condition as well as the global reputation of the United States. President Obama did an impressive job to get the USA tp recover from the Bush GOP financial crisis of 2008, and then President Biden did an even more impressive job of getting the ISA to recover from the disaster that was the Trump Administration. I have observed many times in the past three years that the policies and performance of the Biden Administration has been better than the performance achieved by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson combined. Most younger people have no idea what I am talking about ... but there is a lot of substance in what President Biden has accomplished, especially when it is contrasted with the massive incompetence and misguided initiatives of recent GOP administrations, especially the recent Trump Administration! Peter Burgess
Lawrence: While campaigning for Harris, Obama could not resist making fun of Trump MSNBC Oct 10, 2024 7.46M subscribers ... 1,627,764 views ... 44K likes #Trump #2024election #Obama MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell shows just how masterfully President Barack Obama ridiculed Donald Trump in his first speech for the Harris for President campaign. » Subscribe to MSNBC: / msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: https://www.msnbc.com/information/dow... Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog ReidOut Blog: https://www.msnbc.com/reidoutblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm Eastern. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc... Find MSNBC on Facebook: / msnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: / msnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: / msnbc #Obama #Trump #2024election Transcript 0:03 >> WE WILL BRING YOU MORE OF WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY AT THAT RALLY IN ARIZONA LATER THIS HOUR. >>> DONALD TRUMP'S UNDYING JEALOUSY OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WAS ON FULL DISPLAY TODAY. >> IF I WERE NAMED OBAMA, I WOULD HAVE HAD THE NOBEL PRIZE GIVEN TO ME IN 10 SECONDS. HE GOT THE NOBEL PRIZE AND HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE SEX HE GOT IT FOR . NEITHER DO I. HE GOT ELECTED, HE GOT THE NOBEL PRIZE, OH, WHAT DID I DO? HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE SEX HE DID , HE GOT THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR DOING NOTHING, GETTING ELECTED I GOT ELECTED TOO. >> DONALD TRUMP IS FEELING MUCH WORSE ABOUT BARACK OBAMA AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA DELIVERED HIS FIRST SPEECH FOR THE HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN EARLIER THIS EVENING IN PITTSBURGH. ONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RECURRING THEMES WAS MAKING FUN OF DONALD >br> 1:01 TRUMP. >> DONALD TRUMP IS A 78-YEAR-OLD MILLIONAIRE WHO HAS NOT STOPPED WHINING ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS SINCE HE ROLLED DOWN HIS GOLDEN ESCALATOR NINE YEARS AGO. YOU HAVE THE TWEETS IN ALL CAPS , THEIR RANTING AND RAVING ABOUT CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORIES. YOU HAVE THE TWO-HOUR SPEECHES, WORD SALAD, IT IS LIKE FIDEL CASTRO, ON AND ON. CONSTANT ATTENTION TO SELL YOU STUFF, SELLING YOU GOLD SNEAKERS AND $100,000 WATCH. AND MOST RECENTLY, A TRUMP BIBLE. HE WANTS YOU TO BUY THE WORD OF GOD, DONALD TRUMP EDITION. >br> 2:01 IT'S GOD'S NAME NEXT TO MATTHEW AND LUKE. YOU COULD NOT MAKE THIS STUFF UP. IF YOU SAW IT ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, THAT IS GOING TOO FAR, NO, HE IS DOING THAT. IT'S CRAZY. AND THE REASON HE DOES IT IS BECAUSE ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS HIS EGO AND HIS MONEY AND HIS STATUS HE IS NOT THINKING ABOUT YOU. DONALD TRUMP SEES POWER AS NOTHING MORE THAN A MEANS TO AN END. HE WANTS THE MIDDLE-CLASS TO PAY THE PRICE FOR ANOTHER HUGE TAX CUT THAT WOULD MOSTLY HELP HIM AND HIS COUNTRY CLUB BUDDIES. DOES NOT CARE IF HE COST MORE >br> 3:01 WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS BECAUSE IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE. DO NOT BOO, VOTE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THEY CAN'T HEAR YOUR BOOS BUT THEY CAN HEAR YOUR VOTES. MOST OF ALL, DONALD TRUMP WANTS US TO THINK THIS COUNTRY IS HOPEFULLY -- HELPLESSLY DIVIDED BETWEEN US AND THEM, BETWEEN THE 'REAL' AMERICANS AND THAT OUTSIDERS THAT DON'T. BECAUSE HAVING PEOPLE DIVIDED AND ANGRY, HE FIGURES BOOSTS HIS CHANCES OF BEING ELECTED. HE DOES NOT CARE WHO GETS HURT. THINK ABOUT IT, JUST THE OTHER DAY, WE LEARNED THAT ON JANUARY 6th, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, DONALD TRUMP WAS TOLD THAT MIKE PENCE >br> 4:04 WAS IN THE CAPITOL, 40 FEET FROM AN ANGRY MOB CHANTING, HANG MIKE PENCE. AND HIS RESPONSE WAS, QUOTE, SO WHAT? DON'T BOO. IF DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT CARE THAT A MOB MIGHT ATTACK HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT, DO YOU THINK HE CARES ABOUT YOU? >> EVEN WHILE PRAISING KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ, PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD NOT RESIST MAKING FUN OF DONALD TRUMP. >> KAMALA IS AS PREPARED FOR THE JOB AS ANY NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT HAS EVER BEEN, THAT IS WHO KAMALA IS. >br> 5:02 AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE WILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER IN GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. TIM IS A VETERAN, HE IS A TEACHER, HE IS A COACH, HE IS A HUNTER, HE HAS BEEN A GREAT GOVERNOR WORKING WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO GET STUFF DONE. HE CAN ALSO TAKE A VINTAGE TRUCK APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. DO YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP CAN DO THAT? FOR THAT MATTER, DO YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP HAS EVER CHANGED A TIRE IN HIS LIFE? NO. I'M JUST TRYING TO PICTURE IT. >> PRESIDENT OBAMA REMINDED EVERYONE BUT THE ECONOMY WAS LIKE WHEN DONALD TRUMP TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE. >> THE REASON SOME PEOPLE THINK, >br> 6:02 I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ECONOMY WHEN HE FIRST CAME IN BEING PRETTY GOOD, YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE IT WAS MY ECONOMY! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] WE HAD 75 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF JOB GROWTH THAT I HANDED OVER TO HIM. IT WASN'T SOMETHING HE DID. I SPENT EIGHT YEARS CLEANING UP THE MESS THE REPUBLICANS HAD LEFT ME THE LAST TIME. JUST IN CASE EVERYBODY HAS A HAZY MEMORY, HE DID NOT DO NOTHING EXCEPT THOSE BIG TAX CUTS. >> AND PRESIDENT OBAMA RIDICULED THE TRUMP TARIFFS PLAN. >>'S OTHER BIG ECONOMIC PLAN NOW IS TO SLAP TARIFFS ON >br> 7:01 EVERYTHING FROM FOOD TO TVs. UNDERSTAND WHAT TARIFFS ARE, EVERYTHING MADE ELSEWHERE AND COMES HERE, YOU SLAP EXTRA MONEY ON TOP OF. IF OTHER COUNTRIES ARE CHEATING, IN SOME CASES, IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE A FAIR PLAYING FIELD. WHAT HE IS PROPOSING IS BASICALLY A TRUMP SALES TAX THAT COULD COST THE AVERAGE FAMILY ALMOST $4000 A YEAR. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIGHER PRICES, THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO GET LOWER PRICES THAT WILL COME OUT OF YOUR POCKETS. DO YOU THINK PRICES ARE HIGH NOW? DONALD TRUMP'S MESSAGE BASICALLY IS, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET. >> DONALD TRUMP'S ABSURD DEBATE STATEMENT THAT HE HAS CONCEPTS OF A PLAN FOR HEALTHCARE WAS >br> 8:00 ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA TO RIDICULE THE MOST INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. >> YOU HEARD IT IN THE DEBATE, DONALD TRUMP HAS ONE ANSWER, ENDING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT 45 MILLION PEOPLE RELY ON. THE OTHER DAY, HIS RUNNING MATE, J.D. VANCE HAD THE -- YOU'VE GOT TO VOTE. THE OTHER DAY, HIS RUNNING MATE HAD THE NERVE TO SAY, DONALD TRUMP SALVAGED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. I MEAN, DONALD TRUMP SPENT HIS ENTIRE PRESIDENCY TRYING TO TEAR IT DOWN. BY THE WAY, HE COULD NOT EVEN DO THAT RIGHT. AND NOW, EIGHT YEARS AFTER HE >br> 9:04 WAS ELECTED WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO, HE SAYS HE'S GOT CONCEPTS OF A PLAN FOR HOW HE WOULD REPLACE IT . I WANT Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND. LET'S SAY YOUR BOSS GIVES YOU AN ASSIGNMENT PROJECT, HE SAYS THAT I NEED THIS ON FRIDAY. FRIDAY COMES AROUND, HE SAYS, SO, DID YOU FINISH THAT PROJECT I ASKED FOR? HE SAYS, WELL, I HAVE NOT STARTED BUT I HAVE A CONCEPT OF A PLAN. OR YOU COULD TRY IT AT HOME. HONEY, DID YOU DO THE DISHES? I HAVE A CONCEPT OF A PLAN TO DO THE DISHES. HOW IS THAT GOING TO GO OVER? IF IT WOULDN'T WORK FOR YOU, >br> 10:01 WHY IN THE HECK SHOULD WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? >> EVEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' PLAN TO HELP NEW PARENTS GAVE PRESIDENT OBAMA ANOTHER CHANCE TO LEAD THE CROWD IN LAUGHING AT DONALD TRUMP. >> IF YOU ARE A NEW PARENT, YOU COULD QUALIFY FOR $6000 TAX CREDIT DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF YOUR CHILD'S LIFE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO TELL A LOT OF YOU, RAISING KIDS IS HARD. AND SHE ONCE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO AFFORD STUFF LIKE A CRIB OR CAR SEAT OR DIAPERS. I REMEMBER BUYING DIAPERS. I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WENT INTO THE STORE, I WAS LIKE WHAT? THAT IS HOW MUCH DIAPERS COST? >br> 11:04 I REMEMBER CHANGING DIAPERS. DO YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP EVER CHANGED A DIAPER? >> I ALMOST SAID THAT BUT DECIDED I SHOULD NOT SAY IT. >> PRESIDENT OBAMA CHALLENGED DONALD TRUMP'S RECORD ON IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY. >> DONALD TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS AND ROUNDING UP AND DEPORTING MILLIONS OF DESPERATE PEOPLE AND BUILDING THE BEAUTIFUL WALL, DIDN'T MATTER IF SOME OF THE FOLKS ROUNDED UP WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. IF THAT IS THE ANSWER >br> 12:01 TO EVERYTHING, WHY DIDN'T YOU SOLVE THE PROBLEM? WHY WERE THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS BASICALLY THE SAME WHEN YOU LEFT OFFICE AS WHEN YOU TOOK OFFICE? I WILL TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE A REAL PLAN. HE HAD TALKING POINTS. HE HAD CONCEPTS OF A PLAN. THE PLAN WAS MEAN AND UGLY AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE HIS POLITICS AND MAKE PEOPLE ANGRY, NOT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP BRING ORDER TO THE ORDER AND FIX OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM? THE BIPARTISAN DEAL THAT KAMALA HARRIS SUPPORTED, EVEN THOUGH IT IS WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS. THE SAME BILL THAT DONALD TRUMP TANKED, ON PURPOSE. >br> 13:00 >> PRESIDENT OBAMA REMINDED PENNSYLVANIA VOTERS WHO TOOK AWAY THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE. >> IT IS FASCINATING TOLD WATCH DONALD TRUMP TIE HIMSELF INTO A PRETZEL ON THIS ISSUE. WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT THE FIRST TIME, HE WOULD SUPPORT PUNISHING WOMEN WHO GOT AN ABORTION. THAT IS WHAT HE SAID. THANK YOU. NOW, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WHAT DID HE SAY? HE SAID, DON'T WORRY, WOMEN, I WILL BE YOUR PROTECTOR. I WILL TELL YOU HOW HE PROTECTED YOU, HE HANDPICKED THREE OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO OVERTURNED ROE VERSUS WADE, WENT OUT AND BRAGGED ABOUT IT. NOW THERE ARE TRUMP ABORTION BANS IN 20 STATES, MANY OF THEM WITH NO EXCEPTION FOR RAPE OR INCEST. >br> 14:01 WHEN HE IS ASKED ABOUT IT, HE SAYS, EVERYBODY WANTED IT THIS WAY. REALLY? HE THINKS WOMEN WANTED TO HAVE TO DRIVE HUNDREDS OF MILES TO FIND A DOCTOR WHO CAN HELP THEM? DOES HE THINK DOCTORS WANT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LETTING A WOMAN DIED OR GOING TO JAIL FOR GIVING HER THE LIFE-SAVING CARE THAT SHE NEEDS? THAT IS NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE CHOSE. DONALD TRUMP MAY BE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT ISSUE. LET'S NOT BE CONFUSED. >> PRESIDENT OBAMA ATTACKED DONALD TRUMP'S RECENT LINE ABOUT FEMA AND DISASTER RELIEF. >> DONALD TRUMP, AT A RALLY, JUST STARTED MAKING UP STORIES ABOUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WITHHOLDING AID FROM REPUBLICAN AREAS AND SIPHONING OFF AID TO GIVE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS , JUST MADE THE STUFF UP. EVERYBODY KNEW IT WASN'T TRUE. >br> 15:02 EVEN LOCAL REPUBLICANS SAID THAT IT WAS NOT TRUE. NOW THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA ARE DEALING WITH ANOTHER DEVASTATING STORM. I WANT YOU TO WATCH WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, JUST LIKE THE LAST TIME. YOU WILL HAVE LEADERS WHO TRY TO HELP AND THEN YOU HAVE A GUY WHO WILL LIE ABOUT IT TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS. THIS HAS CONSEQUENCES. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID AND THEY HAVE LOST EVERYTHING AND NOW THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT, HOW DO I APPLY FOR HELP? SOME OF THEM MAY BE DISCOURAGED FROM GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED. THE IDEA OF INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO DECEIVE PEOPLE IN THEIR MOST DESPERATE AND VULNERABLE MOMENTS. MY QUESTION IS, WHEN DID THAT BECOME OKAY? >br> 16:00 I'M NOT LOOKING FOR APPLAUSE RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO ASK REPUBLICANS OUT THERE, PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSERVATIVE WHO DID NOT VOTE FOR ME, DID NOT AGREE WITH ME, I HAVE FRIENDS WHO DISAGREED WITH ME ON EVERY ISSUE, WHEN DID THAT BECOME OKAY? WHY WOULD WE GO ALONG WITH THAT? >> PRESIDENT OBAMA CLOSED HIS SPEECH BY SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO MEN, WHO MIGHT BE RELUCTANT TO VOTE FOR A WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT. >> I NOTICED THIS ESPECIALLY WITH SOME MEN, WHO SEEM TO THINK THAT TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR BULLYING AND PUTTING PEOPLE DOWN IS A SIGN OF STRENGTH. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, THAT IS >br> 17:01 NOT WHAT REAL STRENGTH IS. IT NEVER HAS BEEN. REAL STRENGTH IS ABOUT WORKING HARD AND CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD WITHOUT COMPLAINING. REAL STRENGTH IS ABOUT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS AND TELLING THE TRUTH, EVEN WHEN IT IS INCONVENIENT. REAL STRENGTH IS ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE WHO NEED IT AND STANDING UP FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T ALWAYS STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES, THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD WANT FOR OUR DAUGHTERS AND SONS, THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE IN A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, YOU HAVE CANDIDATES TO VOTE FOR IN THIS ELECTION THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT KIND OF CHARACTER, WHO >br> 18:01 KNOW WHAT REAL STRENGTH LOOKS LIKE, WHO WILL SET A GOOD EXAMPLE AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND LEAVE THIS COUNTRY BETTER THAN THEY FOUND IT. PENNSYLVANIA, THAT IS THE CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT POLICIES ON THE BALLOT, IT IS ABOUT VALUES AND IT IS ABOUT CHARACTER. WHETHER THIS ELECTION IS MAKING YOU FEEL EXCITED OR SCARED OR HOPEFUL OR FRUSTRATED OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN, DO NOT JUST SIT BACK AND HOPE FOR THE BEST, GET OFF YOUR COUCH AND VOTE! PUT DOWN YOUR PHONE AND VOTE! GRAB YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND VOTE! VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! VOTE FOR TIM WALZ AS NEXT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! VOTE FOR BOB CASEY AND THIS WHOLE INCREDIBLE >br> 19:00 PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC TICKET. HELP YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS AND COWORKERS DO THE SAME BECAUSE IF ENOUGH OF US MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD, WE WILL LEAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THE ELECTION. WE WILL LEAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT AMERICA STANDS FOR. TOGETHER, WE WILL KEEP BUILDING A COUNTRY MORE FAIR AND MORE EQUAL AND MORE JUST AND MORE FREE, THAT IS OUR TASK, THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. LET'S GO DO IT. THANK YOU, PENNSYLVANIA. LET'S GO

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