Obama doubles down on his Cheesecake Factory jab at Trump, mocking the 'whole-of-government response' at a Georgia midterm rally
Ken Paxton with Donald Trump, who campaigned for him at a Texas rally. Elon Musk has poured at least $158 million into the contest backing Paxton, who drew mockery after telling the crowd America celebrated its 200th…Obama takes the stage at a Georgia midterm rally as Democrats face scrutiny over alleged ballot-splitting schemes threatening Senate races across the country.
Former President Barack Obama drew the biggest laugh of his Georgia midterm rally on Wednesday night by pointing out that Donald Trump had spent days fuming about the Cheesecake Factory jibe but never complained about being compared to Saddam Hussein. Obama had coined the line over the weekend, mocking Trump's White House renovations by saying they looked like "Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory," triggering multiple days of furious White House responses. The remark has become the defining attack line of the midterm campaign's final stretch.
Obama accused Trump of "throwing distractions" so Americans won't notice rising prices, as a supercut video contrasted his sharp rally speech with Trump boasting about passing dementia tests.
Democrats are now eyeing South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi as potentially competitive Senate seats, with the battleground map expanding beyond what the party expected.
Ted Cruz warned Michigan voters that Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's election could put American lives at risk if he were placed on the Senate Intelligence Committee — claims El-Sayed has called "desperate, bad faith attacks."
