A presidential nominee is heading to the Philadelphia suburbs yet again, while the sitting president participates in an event in the city on Tuesday. Later her doctor revealed that the 68 year-old candidate was suffering from pneumonia. He says the President’s words today won’t sway him, he’s supporting Hillary Clinton after all, but Obama’s impact may be felt elsewhere.
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The campaign announced late Tuesday evening that she will deliver remarks in Greensboro, N.C. on Thursday and “discuss her vision for an America that is stronger together”.
Trump appeared at a campaign event in suburban Philadelphia after Obama departed, touting proposals that would allow families to deduct child-care expenses from their income taxes and establish paid maternity leave for women whose employers do not offer it. She went to her daughter Chelsea’s apartment before returning to her home in Chappaqua, N.Y.
President Obama is scheduled to campaign for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton with a midday rally at Eakins Oval near the Art Museum, 2451 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Obama will seek to generate momentum for Clinton in a race that has become uncomfortably close for many Democratic supporters.
Doors for the Obama rally open at 11:45 a.m., with the president expected to speak about 1:45 p.m.
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“I probably would have been better off if I’d just pulled down my schedule on Friday”, Clinton said in a Monday interview on CNN, adding, “I just didn’t think it was going to be that big a deal”. Police said they also obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect in that incident.
