DETROIT—With early voting starting in the final 10 days before polls close on Nov. 3, former President Barack Obama visited the Motor City to boost progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in his fight to become the state’s next U.S. senator.
Obama took the stage Saturday evening at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, urging voters to mobilize in the final days of the race and framing the current national moment as a chance to restore “kindness and compassion” in American politics.
“Yes, we need to lower costs, and we need to put money in people’s pockets, and we need to end this war and stop corruption in Washington. But we’ve also got to re-find our north star,” Obama told the crowd. …