Obama Issues Warning to Democrats Over GOP Momentum Ahead of 2022 Midterms

Top Democrats including former President Barack Obama warned voters during rallies that the Republican Party is gaining momentum ahead of the midterms.
“Sulking and moping is not an option,” Obama told voters in Pennsylvania on Saturday. “The only way to save democracy is if we, together, fight for it,” he added, echoing Democratic talking points since the Jan. 6, 2021, incident at the Capitol.
The former president and President Joe Biden, his former deputy, shared a stage later in Philadelphia on Saturday. That was the first time the two campaigned together since Biden took office in January of last year.
Polls have shown that Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a recent stroke victim who displays signs of significant cognitive impairment, is in a tight race with Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, a longtime television personality and successful businessman, for Pennsylvania’s Senate seat. In their only debate last month, Fetterman was forced to use closed-captioning technology, repeatedly made incomprehensible statements, and at times, did not understand the question that he was given….}

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