Trump vs Obama: midterms clash of Americas as president and predecessor lay out contrasting visions
Our Foreign Staff
5 November 2018 • 5:54am
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Barack Obama made duelling election appearances on Sunday night, offering sharply different views on the country's problems but agreeing on the high stakes for voters in the final 48 hours of a tight campaign.
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"The only check right now on the behaviour of these Republicans is you and your vote," Mr Obama told supporters in Gary, Indiana, during a rally for endangered Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly.
"The character of our country is on the ballot," he said.
He added: “There have got to be consequences when people don’t tell the truth. When words stop meaning anything, when people can just lie with abandon, democracy can’t work. Nothing works… Society doesn’t work unless there are consequences.”