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‘They mobilized a whole government response to that joke’: Obama laughs off Trump attacks in rally for Ossoff

Former US president comes to Georgia to support Jon Ossoff for US Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor

Barack Obama, speaking at a Wednesday campaign rally in suburban Atlanta, offered a closing argument for Democrats in the final week of the midterm election campaign.

“These are not serious people,” he said of Donald Trump and the Republican party. “And we’re all paying the price for their lack of seriousness.”

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© Photograph: Erik S Lesser/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Erik S Lesser/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Erik S Lesser/AFP/Getty Images

‘They mobilized a whole government response to that joke’: Obama laughs off Trump attacks in rally for Ossoff

29 October 2026 at 05:12

Former US president comes to Georgia to support Jon Ossoff for US Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor

Former US president Barack Obama mocked Donald Trump’s “whole of government” response to his critique of his successor’s gilded White House renovations as he rallied Democrats in the final week of the US midterm election campaign.

“These are not serious people,” Obama said of Trump and the Republican party at a campaign rally in suburban Atlanta on Wednesday evening. “And we’re all paying the price for their lack of seriousness.”

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© Photograph: Erik S Lesser/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Erik S Lesser/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Erik S Lesser/AFP/Getty Images

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