“By making Michigan workers suffer, they’d have no choice but to accept less pay if they wanted to get their jobs back,” he said slamming Trump, for his economic policies.
Observing that the manufacturing is growing again over these last eight years — first time since the 1990s –, Obama said Clinton is going to keep that going.
“She’s put forward the biggest investment in new jobs since World War II. She’s got plans to grow manufacturing, boost people’s wages, help students with college debt. That’s why she should be the next President of the United States,” he said.
Obama said since his name is not on the ballot, there are times where he has been just kind of trying to bite his tongue.
“But there is a lot about this election that has not been on the level. I’m going to level with you right now. The way campaigns have gotten, we’ve come to accept crazy stuff as normal. The strategy of just repeating attacks and outright lies over and over again.
“But it gets churned in social media and Facebook, and no matter how false they are, they just create this cloud of dust,” he said.
“So I’ve had to bite my lip and just listen to some of the nonsense that’s been said about Hillary. I know Hillary. I ran against Hillary. She worked for me. This is somebody who has dedicated her life to make this country better.