Former presidents Trump and Obama warm up the legislative elections in the US

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Election Saturday turned into a contest of former presidents less than 72 hours after the polls closed in these unpredictable legislative elections in the United States.

Both Democrats and Republicans put all the meat on the grill pulling their main stars.

joined President

at a rally in Philadelphia in a state that could determine which party controls the Senate, while

did the same at the other end of the region.

The swords, in all heights with a third of the Senate at stake and the entire House of Representatives.

Obama, who won Pennsylvania in the 2008 and 2012 elections, insisted on the threat that the Republicans pose to the current system.

"I understand that democracy may not seem like a high priority right now, especially when you're worried about paying the bills," he said at a packed pavilion a short distance from the city center.

. It has real consequences."

The former Chicago senator appeared before the Philadelphia electorate alongside a Joe Biden who has so far avoided major campaign rallies.

The current president, who is undergoing a sort of referendum tomorrow on his performance in the last two years, assured a crowd that

and that "the results will determine the shape of our country for decades to come.

The former vice president emphasized the great differences that separate the two parties.

he added.

Together they came out in support of

, the current Lt. Governor and Senate contender in his tight race with Trump-backed candidate

, a television personality known as 'Dr.

Oz' for the program he has hosted since 2009. The son of Turkish immigrants,

The polls indicate a technical tie between the two, with Fetterman ahead by 0.4 points after seeing how his advantage was diminishing as the weeks passed.

At stake is also the governance of the State.

, the attorney general and Democratic candidate, aims to defeat state senator

, the same one who chartered buses for the protests on January 6, 2021 and ended in an assault on Capitol Hill.

"This is not an abstraction

," Obama continued.

"Governments start telling you which books you can read and which you can't. Dissidents start getting locked up. Reporters get arrested for not being aligned with the party. Corruption reigns because there is no accountability."

Just minutes after the Democratic tide in Philadelphia had faded,

, a rural town of fewer than 8,000.

He was quick to lambast the Democratic event and single out the "huge" crowd gathered in a hangar at the small local airport, the Arnold Palmer.

Accompanied by Oz and Mastriano,

in a two-hour speech in which he did not hesitate to spread his usual lies about stealing the 2020 elections. Trump noted that "there is nothing good to say about what's going on in our country" to go on to describe an America of "wide open" borders, streets "ruled by bloodthirsty gangs and violent criminals," and a "twisted race and gender madness in our schools."

Despite his several pending cases with the justice system,

for the Presidency for 2024 shortly, where the polls show him as the great favorite in his party's primaries.

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