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Obama blasts 'crazy' Trump in first rally for Harris

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US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two as she departs from LaGuardia Airport in New York on October 9, 2024. [AFP]

Former US President Barack Obama lashed out at "crazy" Donald Trump Thursday and urged voters to back Kamala Harris as he brought his star power to the 2024 election campaign trail for the first time.

As he hit the stump in the must-win state of Pennsylvania, Obama also chided Black male voters for what he called hesitancy in supporting Democrat Harris because they "just aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as president."

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