Former President Barack Obama returned to Georgia to campaign with Sen. Raphael Warnock in the final days leading up to the runoff election.
Former President Barack Obama, left, greets Sen. Raphael Warnock, right, before Obama speaks during a rally on Dec. 1, 2022, in Atlanta. | Brynn Anderson/AP PhotoATLANTA — Former President Barack Obama returned to Georgia on Thursday, just weeks since his last visit here to energize Democrats in an only-recently-purple southern state., the Democrat who narrowly won in the state’s January 2021 runoff, has had to make his case to Georgia voters over and over.
“You have the power to determine the course of this country,” Obama said, later mentioning the possibility of Republicans passing a national abortion ban in the future if they retake control of the Senate in 2024, when the map favors the GOP. Warnock received roaring applause when he poked fun at Walker, something Obama also did, referencing a series of outlandish comments the retired football star has made over the course of his candidacy.
Walker, who was raised in the Peach State and was a star player at the University of Georgia, lived the majority of his adult life in Texas before returning to run for Senate in 2021. The actress America Ferrera, who has taken part in other campaign events in the state in recent days, opened the Warnock-Obama rally. She spoke in both English and Spanish to emphasize the need to mobilize Latino voters to the polls.
Walker on Thursday held two campaign events, one in Columbus and another, during the Obama rally, in Woodstock. Former Secretary State Mike Pompeo, among Republicans believed to be eyeing a presidential bid in 2024, was scheduled to headline both rallies but didn’t make it. A family emergency, the Walker campaign said, prevented Pompeo from traveling to the state.
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