Obama describes Trump as an agent of ‘chaos and cruelty' in midterm elections pitch

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Former President Barack Obama, appearing here Saturday at his first campaign rally for this fall’s midterm elections, characterized President Donald Trump as an agent of “chaos and cruelty” and a man of broken promises. And in a particularly pointed criticism of his Republican successor, Obama m...

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