“Hillary Clinton is steady and she is true,” Obama told a group of cheering Democrats at an outdoor rally. Trump’s campaign, meanwhile, responded to Obama’s appearance with a statement suggesting he was shirking his duties. “President Obama would rather campaign for Hillary Clinton than solve major problems facing the country.” At the rally, Obama made both the case for Clinton and for his own presidency. Clinton’s campaign said she had “overheated,” but later revealed that she had been diagnosed Friday with pneumonia. Clinton’s campaign was already on the defensive after she used the term “basket of deplorables” to describe half of Trump’s supporters.

Source: thestar September 13, 2016 19:24 UTC