As he behind Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in the polls, Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes from Wisconsin wants former President Barack Obama to support him on the campaign trail.
In order to bring the former president out on the campaign trail in the weeks leading up to the November 8 election, Politico reported on Thursday that Barnes’ campaign had discreetly contacted Obama’s staff.
According to Politico, Wisconsin Democrats have also explored inviting President Joe Biden to the state. They are also reportedly considering having Vice President Kamala Harris and Senator Bernie Sanders support Barnes in the crucial election.
Wisconsin was formerly thought to be the Democrats’ greatest chance to unseat a Republican U.S. senator.
Barnes, who had previously been in the lead, has fallen behind Johnson, a key supporter of the late President Donald Trump, who has attacked him in advertisements by alleging he agrees with the progressive stance of defunding the police.
Johnson referred to Barnes as being “dangerously liberal on crime” in an early general election commercial and connected him to the alleged “squad.”
The commercials, according to Barnes’s black supporters, are racist.
Barnes has just lately begun responding, pointing up Johnson’s backing for Trump and dubious comments the Republican senator has made on the assault on the Capitol on January 6.
Late in September, Barnes told reporters that Johnson “could not care less about public safety.”
Barnes told the Cap Times that if he had, he “wouldn’t have backed a rebellion that wounded 140 policemen.”
During the discussion versus Johnson on Friday night, Barnes reiterated the attack line.
Additionally, Barnes criticized Johnson for remarks he made on abortion, including asking Wisconsin women to “move” if they disapproved of the state’s regulations.
Barnes said, “I can’t think of a more heartless, out-of-touch, or extreme viewpoint to adopt.”
The Democrat brought up the case of a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio who had to go to Indiana in order to have an abortion.
He said, “That’s Ron Johnson’s America.”
According to a survey issued on Wednesday, Johnson has the backing of 62 percent of Wisconsin’s probable voters.
Barnes’ deficit was now six points, or 46%.