former US president Barack Obama (2009-2017) reinforced this Wednesday his support for the Democrats in the legislative elections with a video in which he urged people to vote because the next November 8th “fundamental rights” are at stake.
“Our fundamental rights are at stake, especially the reproductive rights of women,” he said in a video posted on Twitter.
Election Day is right around the corner, and I want to be clear about what’s at stake. Our fundamental rights are on the ballot – especially women’s reproductive rights.
So don’t sit this election out. Make a plan to vote right now at https://t.co/NKXRGMYABn. pic.twitter.com/6jLY5d29D1
—Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 19, 2022
At the end of June, remember Ephthe Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, reversed the judgment “Roe v. Wade” and thus ended the protection of abortion at the federal level, which gave the states permission to set their own rules.
“Now extremist Republicans are moving to ban abortion nationwide. The good news is that we have the power to shape a different future” and more Democrats need to be elected to Congress to protect that right, Obama said.
Democrats currently enjoy a majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The weighted average of FiveThirtyEight polls gives that party a 62% chance of maintaining control of the Senate and only a 26% chance of doing so in the House of Representatives.
“Don’t stay out of these elections,” added the former president, who voted early this Monday in Chicago along with the former first lady, Michelle Obama.
His support is not limited to the networks, according to several media outlets. This month she will participate in various campaign events in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin to support the candidates of those states.
The elections of next November 8 have a remarkable relevance in the United States because they could determine a new majority in the Senate and in Congress that makes it easier or more difficult for the Biden Administration to carry out certain laws.
With information from Efe and Ap.
