Obama and Trump Hold Midterm Rallies in Georgia and Ohio

Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Georgia on Wednesday night to support Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. He described the current period as troubled times and criticized leaders focused on force and denigration rather than lifting others.

Obama also spoke in Ohio and Michigan in recent days, criticizing President Donald Trump and his administration. In Cleveland, he said voters have a chance to end two years of chaos, cruelty, corruption, and incompetence by voting for change.

“If you can get out to vote, we're going to have a tremendous victory.”

At the same time, President Trump held a rally in Chillicothe, Ohio, south of the state capital Columbus. He urged supporters to vote and predicted a tremendous victory.

Trump has conducted more than twenty rallies this month alone while traveling across the country. He has focused on states he won easily two years ago despite record fuel prices, rising costs, and an unpopular war in Iran.

Obama appeared in suburban Atlanta with former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Senator Jon Ossoff. Bottoms could become the first Black woman elected governor in the United States, while Ossoff is running for reelection and is considered a potential future presidential candidate.

Separately, Trump directed the Justice Department to file a lawsuit last week contesting Alaska's Senate race if Democratic challenger Mary Peltola wins. He called on Peltola to drop out and warned she could face prosecution due to a second candidate sharing the name of Republican incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan.