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Obama hits campaign trail for democrats
With less than two weeks to go before the US midterm elections, former President Barack Obama has hit the campaign trail, rallying support for Democratic candidates in the key states of Michigan and Ohio. He criticised the Trump administration, blaming the White House for rising living costs, a majo
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What the coverage shows
Coverage converges on Obama’s Ohio campaign appearance and his attacks on Trump, with several outlets also noting his criticism of Vivek Ramaswamy or the Ohio race more broadly. Fox News and CNN foreground the “Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory” line, while NBC, BBC, CBS, ABC and the New York Times frame the story more generally around Obama and Trump on the midterm trail. The Independent is the only outlet here focused instead on Bill Clinton’s criticism of Trump’s White House renovations.
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