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CHICAGO – Former President Barack Obama has returned to Chicago to rally voters, while supporting the governor candidate, J.B. Pritzker, as well as other Democrats in the upcoming elections.
The Obama Sunday event at the University of Illinois in Chicago took place while Governor Bruce Rauner and other Republicans were campaigning in Illinois before Tuesday's election.
After campaigning for Democrats across the country, Obama said it was nice to be at home. The rally combined the energy of the 2008 campaign with the urgent presentiment of the man who poured this energy into the oval office.
"This moment is too important, too deep to sit back," Obama said.
Obama did not hesitate either when he described the Republican majority in Washington, saying that he had never seen politicians "lie so boldly and without shame".
He says he does not understand that after trying for nearly 10 years to dismantle Obamacare, Republicans want to protect people with pre-existing conditions from being denied health care. While criticizing the Republican's stance on dismantling its flagship health care legislation, Obama has also challenged Republicans to give President Trump a credit for the state of the economy.
Obama urged the crowd to support a Democratic project including the candidate for the position of Attorney General and Senator, Senator Kwame Raoul, and congressional candidates, Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten.
Raoul faces Republican Erika Harold. Casten defies GOP People's Representative Peter Roskam while Underwood faces Representative Randy Hultgren. Their races are part of the four congressional seats of Illinois that the Democrats are aiming for as the party tries to take control of the House.
Former Illinois senator Dick Durbin told about 5,000 viewers that Tuesday was not just another election, but rather that one should refuse to fear and hate.
"Take your values, take your tweets and take them where the sun never shines," said Senator Dick Durbin.
According to the latest polls, Democratic presidential candidate JB Pritzker may not need the help of the former president to defeat Governor Rauner, but that does not did not stop him from getting on the podium.
"Republicans are just wrong – Democrats want to be just and decent, we can be one for the other," Pritzker said.
Rauner made stops at Decatur's cafes in St. Charles and organized an evening event at Orland Park.
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