Former President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail for several Democrats just one week before the November 3 midterm elections.
During a rally in Detroit, Obama went to bat for Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, comparing attacks on El-Sayed’s name and Muslim faith to those he faced during his own campaigns.
“We have seen this movie before. I starred in it. I’ve got a long-form birth certificate to prove it,” Obama said.
“This stuff didn’t work on me—not in Michigan. It’s not going to work on Abdul,” Obama said.
“They will use lies, and they will use fear, and they will use division. And they may even use your name or your faith to somehow suggest that you are dangerous and less than trustworthy and less patriotic and less American than they are,” Obama added.
“We have seen this movie before. I starred in it. I’ve got a long-form birth certificate to prove it,” the former president claimed.
Obama argued, “This stuff didn’t work on me—not in Michigan. It’s not going to work on Abdul. Come on. Abdul’s as Michigan as it gets.”
“Abdul was born here. He was raised here. Parents in the auto industry. Played football in Bloomfield Heights. Captain of his high school football and lacrosse and wrestling teams. I mean, he’s just a jock, you know? You see those big guns? That’s why he wears those T-shirts, you know,” Obama claimed.
“And by the way, because you already got a pretty good senator right here, imagine the power duo of Abdul and Elissa. You’ve got a Muslim man. You’ve got a Jewish woman fighting for you in the United States Senate. That’s something, Michigan, you can be proud of,” Obama snarled.
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Republicans are heading into Election Day with formidable national fundraising operations and a major Trump-aligned political spending network backing them.
Federal filings show the Republican National Committee raised approximately $341.5 million during the current cycle through October 14.
The RNC reported approximately $76.2 million remaining in cash, even after extensive transfers, operations, and campaign expenditures.
The National Republican Congressional Committee entered October with approximately $61.3 million available, according to reported September figures.
House Republicans also raised approximately $50 million during the third quarter, strengthening their ability to defend vulnerable seats.
Associated Press reporting says Trump-aligned groups spent nearly $277 million since early September supporting Republican candidates nationwide.
MAGA Inc., the president’s flagship super PAC, transferred $200 million to No Going Back PAC for campaign activity.
It also transferred $25 million to Safety and Affordability PAC, helping finance additional Republican messaging and advertising.
The same reporting placed MAGA Inc.’s remaining cash above $164 million as of October 14, despite major expenditures.
Earlier filings showed the organization entering September with nearly $416 million, demonstrating the extraordinary scale of its fundraising.
Trump has said his political network could spend more than $400 million before Election Day, although future spending remains uncertain.
Late last week, former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump is determined to defy a challenging midterm political landscape as Republicans fight to defend their narrow majorities in the House and Senate.
“The president is defiant, and he always is optimistic,” Leavitt said this week in a Fox News Digital interview in her home state of New Hampshire.
Leavitt said Trump “totally understands that history is not on the Republican side right now if you just frankly look at the history books, but that’s not stopping him from going out and barnstorming the country. He’s been everywhere this week from North Carolina to South Carolina. Be in Michigan again this weekend.”
“The president is getting out there and reminding voters what’s at stake in this election and why it’s so important to get out and vote in the midterms,” Leavitt noted.
“He’s being frank and honest with his voters that ‘I know you don’t turn out in midterm cycles, but we need you to this time,” Leavitt continued.
Leavitt argued that “this election is a contrast between, between commonsense Republican conservative candidates who believe in cutting taxes, securing the border, putting American citizens over illegal aliens, and radical extreme liberal crazy candidates, some of the most radical Democrats we’ve ever seen run in the history of our country.”
And pointing to the GOP’s fundraising superiority over Democratic Party groups, Leavitt added, “We have a huge cash advantage across the country. We are making sure voters understand again what’s at stake in this election and why it’s so important that we win.”
