Election 2020, White House Report

Presidents Obama and Trump Trade Jabs on the Campaign Trail

April Ryan
November 2, 2020

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On the final day of campaigning, President Trump and former President Obama threw shade at each other.

Obama slammed Trump and Georgia’s Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler for taking care of better care of their stock portfolios than they did Georgians during the pandemic.

Trump took shots at LeBron James, the NBA, and the NFL for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.

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A woman walks past a voting sign painted on a wall Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR #WALKTHEVOTE – Participants are seen at voting parades on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 in Orlando. The event was organized by Florida Rights Restoration Coalition in partnership with other local groups including #walkthevote, a national movement to celebrate voter participation in communities through socially distanced parades. (Octavio Jones/AP Images for #walkthevote)

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan