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Channel GOP · Speech · Friday, October 30, 2026

Obama: Not one Republican challenged Trump's pay-to-play.

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Now playing on All Clips Obama: Not one Republican challenged Trump's pay-to-play. Barack Obama73 plays Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

Speaking at a campaign event, Barack Obama says that when he was president, the US scolded other countries over corruption and pay-to-play, warning it was bad for their people and for business. He says not a single Republican spoke up, "certainly not" Collins or any of the Republicans on the Georgia ballot. "Most of them supported him every step of the way."

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Who
Barack Obama
Where
rally - campaign event referencing the Georgia ballot, shown in a reaction-chann
Original footage
Chase Reynolds Reports · watch the full video from this moment
Length
41 seconds, unedited within the cut
Plays
73 on Instagram
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And maybe then some. When I was president, we would scold other countries when they operated like that and explain that not only is that not good for your people, it's not even good for business if you have levels of corruption and pay to play like that. That's not how we're supposed to do things. And nobody, not a single Republican, said something about it. Certainly not my Collins. Not any of the Republicans on the ballot here in Georgia have said, you know what, that's not right. Most of them supported him every step of the way.

Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.

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