Obama also took a moment to address rumored tensions between the Clintons and the Obamas from the 2008 campaign.
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More details will be forthcoming on the event in Jacksonville and the one in South Florida, which is one in a series of presidential forays to the Sunshine State and other battleground states on behalf of Clinton.
The White House first learned of the FBI’s decision to reopen the investigation into Clinton through media reports, said a spokesman, who added that nothing had happened that changed President Barack Obama’s support of the democratic nominee. Get out and vote for Hillary.
At the raucous rally, Mrs. Obama passionately touted Clinton’s experience and denounced Trump as too divisive and thin-skinned for the White House.
The latest RealClearPolitics poll average shows Mrs Clinton with a almost six-point national lead over Mr Trump, fueled by declining support for the former reality TV star among women.
“Let’s be real. As our first African-American first lady, she’s faced pressures I never did, and she’s handled them with pure grace”, Clinton said to applause.
The relationship between Obama and Clinton has evolved since the bruising 2008 presidential primary.
The campaign has not released additional details.
The president’s wife has become especially integral in enthusing voters, especially amid concerns of complacency among Democrats as polls continue to show Clinton in the lead. And it’s her they call the “closer”.
Trump is holding events in New Hampshire, Iowa and ME, one of two states that split their electoral voters by congressional district. The RealClearPolitics average shows the former secretary of state 2.4 percentage points ahead there. Another four years of Democratic rule and there might not be any.
The differences between Clinton’s and Mrs. Obama’s tenures speak in some ways to the differences in their generations – Clinton representing the first wave of baby boomers eager to push boundaries, while Obama benefited from lessons learned, noted Carl Sferrazza Anthony, a historian at the National First Ladies Library.
Early voting in North Carolina ends on November 5.
A&T freshman Kynadi Douthit said she’s already voted.
“Two votes – that’s how presidential elections go, they are decided on a razor’s edge”.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC News: If she wins, are you prepared to work with her? You can do this. “Send a message by voting for Hillary Clinton”.
“He is threatening the very idea of America itself, and we can not stand for that”, she said.
While she was first lady, Mrs Clinton had an office in the West Wing and made a doomed attempt to overhaul USA healthcare. Wherever it is, we’ll know what the Clinton campaign sees as its final test.
The First Lady called this election unprecedented.
“I am grateful for Hillary for her leadership and her courage and what she is going to do for this country”, Obama said.
In a January interview with CBS News, when asked whether he’d ever consider staying if a third term were permitted under the US Constitution, Obama answered he’d decline.
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Like many of her predecessors, Mrs Obama has hewed closely to non-partisan issues, focusing on healthy eating and support for military families. “The stakes are so high”, said Diane Harney, a retired college professor who lives in Winston Salem. She’s got plans and she’s got details.
