President Obama Rallies Milwaukee Voters

President Barack Obama made his way to Milwaukee just days before the Nov. 4 election in an effort to rally voters for gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke.

“Grab your friends, grab your coworkers, grab your lazy cousin who’s sitting at home, who never votes during the midterms, sitting at home watching reruns of old Packers games,” Obama said. “Take all of them to cast their ballots.”

Obama spoke at North Division High School, a neighborhood that has supported him overwhelmingly in his last two runs for President. The President noted that voter turn out is a must in order for Burke to defeat Gov. Scott Walker.

Although voter turnout was the reason for the President to make an appearance for Burke, he took some time to dissect Walker’s main points, especially the argument on minimum wage.

“Folks who are working hard every day cleaning out bedpans, cleaning out office buildings, making folks’ beds, taking care of some of our seniors,” Obama said. “They shouldn’t be raising their families in poverty.”

As the President continued to talk about Walker’s time in office, the crowd became louder and louder.

Felesia Martin, an avid campaigner for both Burke and Obama, acted as the opening act for the two. She alluded to Nov. 4 being Judgment Day here in the state of Wisconsin.

“We’re encouraging you to go out and vote early so you can come back and help us get other folks out to vote on November the 4th,” Martin said. “We have to fight for our families, we have to fight for our children.”

The President provided an electric spark Tuesday afternoon, and Democrats are hoping that that same fire and intensity will be noticeable at the polls on Nov. 4.