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Entreating Pa. Residents To Vote, Obama Delivers Rebuke Of Trump

"What we do these next 13 days will matter for decades to come," the former president stressed.
Former President Barack Obama addresses Joe Biden-Kamala Harris supporters during a drive-in rally Wednesday in Philadelphia.

Updated at 7:33 p.m. ET

Former President Barack Obama urged Philadelphians to make a voting plan and cast their ballots early for Democratic nominee Joe Biden during his first in-person campaign event of the 2020 contest in a state that may be crucial to a Biden victory.

"Philadelphia, we got 13 days — 13 days until the most important election of our lifetimes," Obama said Wednesday evening during a drive-in car rally outside Citizens Bank Park, home to the Philadelphia Phillies. "And you don't have to wait for Nov. 3

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