
Obama says New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate won't be a 'champion of democracy'
CNN
Former President Barack Obama, stumping in Newark, New Jersey Saturday, took aim at Republican gubernatorial challenger Jack Ciattarelli, saying his participation in a rally to overturn the 2020 election shows "he's not going to be a champion of democracy."
Obama was making his second campaign stop of the day, this one in support of Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's reelection campaign.
"Apparently Phil's opponent says he didn't know it was a rally to overturn the results of the last election," Obama said, "He didn't know it? Come on. When you're standing in front of a sign that says 'Stop the Steal' and there's a guy in the crowd waving a confederate flag, you know this isn't a neighborhood barbecue. You know it's not a league of women voters rally. Come on. Come on, man. That's not what New Jersey needs."

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As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











