'When you've got a candidate who spoke at a 'Stop the Steal' rally, you can bet he's not going to be a champion of democracy,' Obama said.
Obama then noted that he had lost a congressional election in Chicago."I didn't know I could just like after I got beat, I could just get up and say, 'No, I didn't get beat. No, no, no. The machines were broken,'" he joked.
Obama then took aim at Ciattarelli for claiming he didn't know he was speaking at a rally in support of former PresidentFormer U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at an early vote rally for New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on October 23, 2021 in Newark, New Jersey.Ciattarelli acknowledged attending the Bedminster rally in November last year during a gubernatorial debate but has repeatedly claimed that he wasn't aware of the event's theme.
"When you've got a candidate who spoke at a 'Stop the Steal' rally, you can bet he's not going to be a champion of democracy," Obama said. "Apparently Phil's opponent says, well, he didn't know it was a rally to overturn the results of the last election. He didn't know it. Come on. When you're standing in front of a sign that says 'Stop the Steal' and there's a guy in the crowd waving a Confederate flag, you know this isn't a neighborhood barbecue. You know it's not a League of Women voters rally. Come on. Come on, man.
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