Obama calls on voters to reject Trump
In a rare breach of tradition for former presidents, Barack Obama launched a scathing attack Friday on President Donald Trump, framing the November election as a historic chance for Americans to reject his successor's dark vision of the nation and restore honesty, decency and lawfulness to the U.S. government.
"If you thought elections don't matter, I hope these last two years have corrected that impression," Obama told students at the University of Illinois.
Obama attacked Trump by name, describing the incumbent and his Republican allies as defenders of the powerful and the privileged, stoking public anger and divisiveness as a means to protect themselves.
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