President Barack Obama has a message for Democratic voters: Don’t underestimate Donald Trump.
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“We are still going to have to fight what has been an unrelenting negative campaign against her that has made a dent in the opinion of people even who are inclined to vote for her”, Obama said.
About 60 Obama and Clinton supporters paid between $10,000 and $33,400 to attend the event that was held in a tent on the sprawling property.
Obama has vacationed on the MA island for many years, including before he became president and during seven of his eight Oval Office summers.
He told the donors he was exhausted of talking about Clinton’s rival.
“Frankly I’m exhausted of talking about her opponent”, Mr. Obama said. Frankly I’m exhausted of talking about her opponent. “She gave me a special dispensation for this evening because she understands, just as all of you understand, how important this is”.
“We are going to continue to have to write checks”.
Before he departed for his two-week stay on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama declared Trump unfit for the presidency.
Democrats Hank Goldberg and his wife, Carol Brown Goldberg, are hosting the event at their home in Chilmark.
On Sunday, after Mr Obama had played golf for about five hours, a small group of reporters that accompanies the President in public, was released for dinner but told to reassemble later.
On Sunday, Obama joined up with Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers for a round at the Farm Neck Golf Club.
The details of the deliberations were revealed in hacked Democratic National Committee emails that were posted by Wikileaks, including some salty language from DNC staffers miffed at losing out on what they expected to be a high-yield event.
“He really won’t go up 20 minutes for $350k?” another staffer responded.
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The president said Trump’s recent criticism of Muslim parents who lost their United States soldier son in Iraq, as well as the candidate’s lack of “basic knowledge” about critical worldwide issues ‘means that he’s woefully unprepared to do this job’.
