Obama rips Republicans, Trump during speech in Indiana

President Obama.
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During a speech Wednesday in the manufacturing city of Elkhart, Indiana, President Obama staged what he called an "intervention" for Americans being misled by Republican policies and promises.

"Don't think this agenda is going to help you," he said. "It is not designed to help you." Republicans are pushing forward a message that's "anti-government, anti-immigrant, anti-trade, and let's face it, anti-change," he said, and he was ringing the alarm in Elkhart because "this county votes Republican." Obama also called out Republicans for criticizing regulations imposed on Wall Street. "Have we really forgotten what happened just eight years ago?" he asked. "Why would you do that? Less oversight on Wall Street would only make another crisis more likely."

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.