2026年10月24日 美国东部夏令时晚8:34 / CBS/AP
前总统贝拉克·奥巴马于周六猛烈抨击他所说的特朗普总统及其共和党盟友的“残忍与卑劣”，在全国最激烈的中期选举争夺中表态支持，为俄亥俄州的关键摇摆州竞选工作动员民主党选民。
奥巴马明确将矛头指向共和党州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米，后者正全力投放一则广告，其中出现了民主党对手艾米·阿克顿关系疏远的母亲。特朗普和副总统JD·万斯也为这则广告辩护，尽管包括州长迈克·德瓦INE在内的俄亥俄州共和党高层都要求撤下该广告。
“最近几天，我们已经看到他没有任何底线，没有任何低贱的事情是他做不出来的，”奥巴马在谈到拉马斯瓦米时说道，并指出阿克顿“曾动情地讲述自己痛苦的童年和所经历的一切：虐待、忽视和无家可归”。
“我们应该期望公职人员具备基本的体面，”奥巴马继续说道。“我不知道现在的行为标准低到了什么程度，以至于有人能发布这样的广告。”
这位65岁的前总统在卸任白宫近十年后，依然是民主党最具号召力的竞选人。他周六晚间还前往密歇根州造势，为民主党争取中西部摇摆州的支持，而这些州将决定下周美国政坛的权力平衡。
奥巴马与阿克顿、前三届俄亥俄州联邦参议员谢罗德·布朗同台，布朗正争取击败共和党联邦参议员乔恩·赫斯特德。
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俄亥俄州民主党州长候选人艾米·阿克顿博士与前总统贝拉克·奥巴马，2026年10月24日摄于俄亥俄州克利夫兰公共礼堂的竞选造势活动。杰夫·斯文森 / 盖蒂图片社
尽管俄亥俄州已变得更偏向共和党，但今年仍是竞争激烈的摇摆州。特朗普和万斯最近几周都访问了该州，为赫斯特德和拉马斯瓦米争取支持。而拉马斯瓦米的广告引发的争议，让原本就紧张的局势进一步升级。
拉马斯瓦米为自己坚持投放该广告的决定辩护，称这是公平的竞选手段。特朗普在周六于西棕榈海滩投票时，也为这则在中期选举最后几天成为全国热点的广告激烈辩护。
“这是一种耻辱，”特朗普说。“那位母亲说艾米·阿克顿是骗子，一文不值。你知道吗？我觉得你再也找不到比这更好的‘证明’了。”他还补充说，如果自己的母亲说过他的坏话，那肯定会被放在最显眼的位置。
拉马斯瓦米的竞选视频中出现了阿克顿的生母唐娜·亚瑟，她称阿克顿是“骗子”，并暗示阿克顿有精神健康问题。
阿克顿称母亲“状态不佳”，继父“不是好人”
曾在俄亥俄州新冠疫情期间担任卫生部门负责人的阿克顿，从未掩饰自己童年时无家可归和遭受虐待的经历。亚瑟在继夫（她的丈夫）因涉嫌对阿克顿实施强奸而被起诉后，失去了对子女的监护权。
虐待行为据称发生在1976年12月至1978年4月期间。克莱迪斯·亚瑟未能出庭，成为了逃犯。唐娜·亚瑟一直与他保持婚姻关系，直到他2004年去世。
“我希望大家看到所有事实，”阿克顿在造势活动前告诉CBS新闻。“事实是：我被从母亲的监护权中带走了。她当时状态不佳。从很小的时候开始，我和弟弟就遭受了大量虐待和忽视，甚至在继父出现之前就已经如此。但我的继父确实不是个好人，后来情况变得更糟。他被大陪审团起诉，成了逃犯，然后她就和他一起走了。关于她之后发生了很多事，但我自12岁在法庭上见过她之后，就再也没见过她了。这是个很悲伤的故事。”
阿克顿告诉CBS新闻，“我们都知道，这件事已经越过了底线”，并补充说“任何参选公职的人都不应经历这样的事情”。
她接着说：“但我可以告诉你，我的童年塑造了我，让我变得更强大。你知道，我不是唯一一个童年经历过种种事情的人。”
在奥巴马上台前，阿克顿在台上发言时，仿佛在直接对拉马斯瓦米喊话。
“我的对手选择刻意利用我的童年来挽救他摇摇欲坠的竞选，所以他的计划不会得逞，”她说。“体面仍然很重要。”她补充道，“拉马斯瓦米先生，你不仅与现实脱节，而且只顾自己，对我的州来说是个威胁。显然，你没有什么低贱的事情是做不出来的。”
奥巴马猛烈抨击白宫的“混乱、残忍、腐败与无能”
在俄亥俄州，奥巴马还批评特朗普未能降低物价这一核心竞选承诺，并指出特朗普反而专注于在南草坪修建新的白宫舞厅和直升机坪。
“我不知道你们有没有注意到，但他似乎对家居装修很感兴趣，”他打趣道。“他应该去HGTV（家居频道）做节目。”他继续说：“到处都是金子。他把白宫搞得像萨达姆·侯赛因开了一家芝士蛋糕工厂似的。”
这位前民主党总统承认，美国在特朗普的剩余任期内还要再过两年才会迎来换届。但他表示，选民不必接受特朗普的盟友。
“我们不必受困于一个懦弱的国会，也不必受困于那些对工人的违法行为、粗心大意、残忍行为和冷漠置之不理的共和党州长，”奥巴马说。“经历了两年现代史上前所未有的混乱、残忍、腐败与无能之后，你们现在有机会说‘受够了’。”
结束俄亥俄州的行程后，奥巴马前往底特律为阿卜杜勒·埃勒-赛义德造势，这位前公共卫生官员在一场差距不到1%的激烈初选中胜出，目前正致力于团结密歇根州的民主党基础。埃勒-赛义德正在与前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯竞选。
奥巴马将于下周在佐治亚州与联邦参议员乔恩·奥索夫及州长候选人凯莎·兰斯·博茨同台造势。特朗普定于周六在佐治亚州发表讲话。
October 24, 2026 / 8:34 PM EDT / CBS/AP
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday seized on what he described as cruelty and indecency coming from President Trump and his Republican allies, stepping into one of the nation’s ugliest midterm fights as he worked to rally Democratic voters in battleground Ohio.
Obama took specific aim at Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has doubled down on an advertising campaign featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Amy Acton. Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance have also defended the ad, even as Republican leaders across Ohio, including Gov. Mike DeWine, have called for its removal.
“In recent days, we’ve seen there is no line he will not cross, no low he will not sink to,” Obama said of Ramaswamy, noting that Acton has “spoken movingly about her painful childhood and all she’s experienced: abuse, neglect and homelessness.”
“There’s a decency we should expect out of our public officials,” Obama continued. “And I don’t know what’s happened where the standards of behavior are so low that somebody could run an ad like that.”
Obama, 65, remains the Democratic Party’s best motivator nearly a decade after leaving the White House. He campaigned in Michigan later Saturday night, lending the Democratic Party his star power in Midwestern battlegrounds that will help determine the balance of power in American politics next week.
Obama shared the stage with Acton and former three-term Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is looking to unseat Republican Sen. Jon Husted.
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Although Ohio has become more reliably Republican, it’s been a hotly contested battleground this year. Mr. Trump and Vance have both visited the state in recent weeks to drum up support for Husted and Ramaswamy. And the controversy over Ramaswamy’s ad has ratcheted up the already high temperature.
Ramaswamy has defended his decision to press ahead with the ad as fair game. Mr. Trump aggressively defended the ad, which has emerged as a national flashpoint in the midterms’ final days, as he voted in West Palm Beach on Saturday.
“This is a disgrace,” Mr. Trump said. “The mother said that Amy Acton is a liar and she’s no good. And you know what? I don’t think you can get a better reference on that.” He added that if his own mother had said anything bad about him, it would be front and center.
The Ramaswamy campaign video features Acton’s birth mother, Donna Arthur, calling her “a liar” and insinuating she has mental health issues.
Acton says her mother “was not well” and her stepfather “was not a good person”
Acton, Ohio’s COVID-19-era health director, has made no secret of facing homelessness and abuse as a child. Arthur lost custody of her children after their stepfather, Arthur’s husband, was indicted on a charge of rape involving Acton.
The abuse allegedly happened from December 1976 to April 1978. Cledith Arthur failed to show for a court appearance and became a fugitive. Donna Arthur remained married to him until his death in 2004.
“I hope that everyone is seeing all the facts,” Acton told CBS News ahead of the rally. “The facts are: I was removed from custody from my mom. She was not well. From even a very young age, my brother and I experienced a lot of abuse and neglect, even before my stepfather. But my stepfather was not a good person, and it got worse then. He was indicted in a grand jury. He was a fugitive, and they left together. And she obviously decided to leave with him. There’s a lot out there of what has happened to her since, but I have not seen her since I was 12 years old in a courthouse. So this is a sad story.”
Acton told CBS News that “we all know that that was a line crossed too far,” adding that “no one running for office should endure something like this.”
She went on: “But I can tell you, my childhood made me who I am. It made me stronger. You know, I’m not the only one who’s gone through a thing or two in my childhood.”
Appearing on stage before Obama, Acton spoke as if addressing Ramaswamy directly.
“My opponent has chosen to exploit, intentionally, my childhood to save his stumbling campaign, but it’s not going to work,” she said. “Decency still matters.” She added: “Mr. Ramaswamy, you are not just out of touch, you are out for yourself and you are a danger to my state. Apparently there is no low to which you won’t stoop.”
Obama blasts White House for “chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence”
In Ohio, Obama also called out Mr. Trump’s inability to lower costs, a key campaign promise, noting that the president has instead focused on building a new White House ballroom and helipad on the South Lawn.
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but he seems very focused on home renovation,” he quipped. “He should be on HGTV.” He went on: “There’s gold everywhere. He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”
The former Democratic president acknowledged that the nation has Mr. Trump for another two years, until his term ends. But voters are not stuck with Mr. Trump’s allies, he said.
“We’re not stuck with a spineless Congress and Republican governors who are handling lawlessness and carelessness and cruelty and indifference for working people,” Obama said. “After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, the likes of which we have not seen in modern times, you get a chance to say enough is enough.”
After wrapping up in Ohio, Obama headed to a rally in Detroit for Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official who is working to unite the Democratic base in Michigan after winning a divisive primary by less than a percentage point. El-Sayed is running against former Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican.
Obama will headline a rally in Georgia next week with Sen. Jon Ossoff and candidate for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Mr. Trump is slated to speak in Georgia Saturday.
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