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Obama calls on California to rise up against 'anger and division' of Trump and GOP

ANAHEIM, Calif._Former President Barack Obama urged Californians on Saturday to rise up against the "anger and division" of President Donald Trump's Washington and replace more than half a dozen Republicans in the U.S. House.

In the first stop of a national tour to promote Democrats as they try to seize control of Congress, Obama told hundreds of campaign volunteers in Anaheim that "things can get worse" if too many of the party's voters fail to cast ballots in the November midterm.

"When we're not

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