Karine Jean-Pierre: Obama Is ‘the Best Messenger’ for the Party

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JEAN-PIERRE: "I think so. Look, President Obama, there was a poll that showed president Obama had 63% in his popularity. He is the most popular living president that we have. There was a Detroit resident that I read today online that said President Obama still is president until he gets a new one. And I think that says it all. So what President Obama and Joe Biden are doing are the closing arguments. The closing arguments of less than two weeks as to why people should go out. Let’s not forget we actually have data that shows us for the past year the enthusiasm has been there on the democratic Party in off-year elections and also in special elections. So now we have to do it. It’s all about the ground game. And I think President Obama is the best person out there to make that argument. And he said in his speech. He’s saying, look, we can’t let history pass us by. We can’t sit back, and we are a country of movements. Whether it’s the LGBTQ movement, the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, we have to take action. And I think that is indeed resonating. You see thousands of people lining up waiting to hear from him, and we’ll see. But I really do think he is the best messenger and can really lay out the stark contrasts between him, the Republicans and also Donald Trump."