THIS IS HUGE: Bill Clinton and Barack Obama didn’t have to get back in the fight, but they did, standing up for America’s allies, for Amy Acton and for every family getting squeezed by rising prices
CLEVELAND — In a major mobilization of Democratic star power less than two weeks before Election Day, former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have reentered the political fray, headlining high-stakes rallies across key battlegrounds to target the administration’s foreign policy, economic record, and campaign conduct.
The coordinated campaign blitz represents an aggressive effort to energize the party base and appeal to undecided voters in pivotal races spanning Florida, Ohio, and Georgia.
Bill Clinton Targets Foreign Policy and Immigration in Florida
Speaking at a church in Pembroke Park, Florida, 80-year-old former President Bill Clinton delivered his first public appearance of the midterm cycle, stumping for independent gubernatorial candidate David Jolly.
Clinton focused heavily on national security and international alliances, asserting that the administration’s posture risks isolating the United States on the global stage. He criticized the treatment of traditional democratic partners, pointing specifically to diplomatic pressure applied to Ukraine amid ongoing Russian aggression.
Clinton also directly addressed Florida’s Hispanic voters, sharply rebuking immigration rhetoric and mass deportation proposals:
“You have to have some real fans to think you’re going to win votes as a Republican in Florida by kicking Cubans out,” Clinton told the crowd.
Barack Obama Headlines 10,000-Strong Rally in Cleveland
Days later, former President Barack Obama drew an audience of more than 10,000 to Public Auditorium in Cleveland for his first major rally of the fall. The 35-minute address balanced economic pocketbook issues with impassioned defenses of Ohio Democratic candidates.
Obama took aim at escalating household expenses, arguing that administration policies—specifically broad-based import tariffs—have exacerbated inflation rather than curbing it.
“The promises were to get costs under control,” Obama said, pointing to price pressures facing working-class households. Instead, he argued, families are absorbing the financial fallout of costly tariff policies and foreign policy instability that voters did not sign up for.
Turning to state races, Obama rallied support for Senator Sherrod Brown, praising his long legislative focus on manufacturing and blue-collar labor. He also addressed the contentious gubernatorial race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Dr. Amy Acton.
Obama condemned a controversial campaign ad aired by Ramaswamy that featured Acton’s estranged mother while omitting childhood abuse she suffered from a stepfather:
“I don’t know how the standards of behavior got so low that somebody could run an ad like that,” Obama stated, calling the commercial an unacceptable degradation of political discourse.
Beyond the podium, Obama has served as a central fundraising engine for the midterms, helping raise more than $15 million and cutting over two dozen television and radio advertisements for down-ballot candidates. He is scheduled to campaign in Atlanta next week alongside Senator Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms.
