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Trump votes early as Obama rallies Democrats, nine days out
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump voted early in person in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, before Trump rallied in Perry, Georgia, for Senate candidate Mike Collins and governor candidate Rick Jackson. Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Cleveland for Ohio Democrats Sherrod Brown and Amy Acton and in Detroit for Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Election Day is Nov. 3.
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How each side sees it
Obama and Democrats sayObama said of Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged birth mother that "there is no line he will not cross, no low he will not sink to"; Acton said "Decency still matters."
Trump and Republicans sayTrump defended the ad and said Obama's Michigan event had an empty venue; Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and other Ohio Republican leaders called for the ad to be removed.
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