During a rally in Georgia to support Democratic candidates, former President Barack Obama harshly criticized Donald Trump, comparing his management to a reality show and calling for serious people in view of the mid-term elections.
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US political leaders hold rallies to support their candidates ahead of the midterm elections.
A dive into Donald Trump. “We need to have reality shows on Bravo, we don't need them in the White House.” Thus former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally in Georgia at the same time as the tycoon's in Ohio, as part of efforts to support their respective candidates in the midterms.
“We need serious people in Washington and in state capitals, these are serious times,” Obama added near the end of his speech in favor of the Democratic candidate for governor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and Senator Jon Ossoff, seeking reconfirmation.
Obama: "We seem to constantly tolerate superficiality"
"The people who are currently in charge don't do their homework. They don't do their job. They don't present realistic plans," Obama said, to a crescendo of applause.
“These are people who are more interested in performing, showing off, texting and putting others down than supporting them,” he added.
"They enjoy insulting and dividing instead of uniting people to solve problems. I know we are in Atlanta and I want you to know that Michelle loves the Real Housewives. But we have to leave the reality shows on Bravo," observed the former president, citing the NBCUniversal cable TV channel famous above all for being the home of the biggest American reality shows.
"Let's leave them to the professionals. We don't need them in the White House. We don't need them in the Georgia governor's mansion. We need people like Jon and Keisha in there."
During the rally, Obama gave a new twist to his old message of hope: "I'm tired of being angry. I'm tired of division. I want friendship, good neighbors, joy and generosity. I want everyone to roll up their sleeves in the common endeavor of rebuilding America."

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