ASN NEWS USA — SPECIAL REPORT

DETROIT (ASN NEWS USA)— Ten days out from the midterm elections, former President Barack Obama took the campaign trail Saturday with a blunt message for voters: flip the switch.

Stumping for Democratic candidates at rallies in Cleveland and Detroit, Obama accused President Donald Trump of corruption, derided his strategy on Iran, and skewered the gilded aesthetic Trump has applied to White House renovations. Campaigning in Michigan for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Obama framed the November 3 vote as a “circuit breaker” to “at least rein in some of the foolishness” of Trump’s presidency.

“We got to flip that circuit breaker, bring some accountability to this government,” Obama told the crowd.

He did not soften the language. “We have never seen a president excel in straight-up grifting, on your dime, like this,” Obama said. “Never seen a president so intent on selling favors like this… Now the party seems to stand for corrupt government, or inept government, or no government.”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The stakes are control of a closely divided Congress. In Michigan, El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers, a former U.S. representative, in a tight Senate race Democrats hope Obama’s star power can tip. Obama, president from 2009 until Trump began his first term in 2017, remains one of the most popular figures among Democrats — and his closing-weekend swing is a clear signal of how high the stakes have climbed.

Trump has told voters to treat the midterms as if he were on the ballot. On Saturday, Obama answered in kind — and made the case that accountability itself is on the ballot.

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