As Election Day approaches, both the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns held rallies in Charlotte on Friday.
Former President Barack Obama spoke at a rally for the Harris-Walz campaign at the Charlotte Convention Center.
It was the 44th president’s first meeting in the Queen City this year.
Obama targeted Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and state superintendent candidate Michelle Morrow.
Obama said Trump and his running mate Sen. J.D. Vance have spread misinformation, especially about disaster recovery efforts in western North Carolina.
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“At a time when people are at their most vulnerable, at their most desperate, looking for someone, anyone to try to manipulate that, use that for their own gain, when did that become okay,” Obama said. “I don’t care where you stand on these issues, I don’t care what party you belong to, how can you tolerate that behavior.”
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance was in Monroe for a town hall on Friday.
Vance answered questions before a crowd at the Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport about immigration policy, inflation and the high costs of energy, gas and housing.
“As energy increases, everything becomes more expensive. If the truck driver who delivers food to the store pays 45% more for diesel, then we all pay more for groceries,” Vance said. ‘If the man who supplies the wood pays 50% more for petrol, then we pay more for housing. That’s what energy costs do: they make it harder for us to live a good life.”
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