Obama rallies Virginia crowd slams Trump | JQJO

Before 7,000-plus in Norfolk, Virginia, Barack Obama returned to the trail with razor-edged humor, backing Abigail Spanberger and other Democratic gubernatorial bids in Virginia and New Jersey. The former president, whose 2024 warnings preceded Trump’s election win a year ago, ticked through what he called daily lawlessness — politicized justice, phantom crime waves, quack medicine — and mocked Truth Social AI videos. He also riffed about paving the Rose Garden, gold-plating the Oval Office, and a $300m ballroom, argued ordinary people are worse off, and urged Virginians to vote as the crowd roared.