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Former President Barack Obama on Thursday praised Democratic organizers and campaigns for successfully defeating election-denying Republican candidates in a handful of midterm races in states that could play a major role in deciding the 2024 presidential contest.
“They got thumped. They got beat. And particularly in these secretary of state races, and in some cases, governor’s races, where in the next presidential election you could have somebody who could really do some damage there,” Obama said in an interview with Trevor Noah on “The Daily Show.” “There, I think we held the line.”
Despite the successes at the state-level, Noah pointed out that a number of GOP candidates who have made false claims about widespread voter fraud were elected to the US House. Before turning to Democratic wins, Obama said he doubted how many of those candidates actually believed “some of the nonsense” they peddled, suggesting most were either trying to troll Democrats or get in good with former President Donald Trump.
Republicans won back the House, though their majority is expected to be slender, while Democrats maintained control of the Senate – and could add to their advantage if Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Herschel Walker next month in their Georgia run-off election.
“The reason we did better than expected can be attributed to not me or anything I did,” Obama said. “We recruited some excellent candidates. You look at (Govs.-elect) Wes Moore in Maryland, Josh...
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