Obama's quippy Ohio campaign stop: 5 times the former president went after Republicans

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:13:31 GMT

President Obama poked fun at several Trump administration figures and scandals while stumping for Democratic candidates Amy Acton and Sherrod Brown during a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday. The former president ribbed his successor's administration on everything from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's focus on soldiers' appearance and testosterone to Trump's many Washington, D.C.-area...

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