Watch Obama rally voters in Virginia: 'Our democracy is at stake'
Ralph Northam
President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail to support  Ralph Northam  in  his  run for Governor of Virginia   warning voters that " our democracy is at stake " if they sit out off year and midterm elections . Following is a transcript of the video . Barack Obama : Folks don ' t feel good right now about what they see . They don ' t feel as if our public life reflects our best . Instead of our politics reflecting our values   we ' ve got politics infecting our communities . Instead of looking for ways to work together and get things done in a practical way   we ' ve got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks angry . To demonize people who have different ideas . Off year elections   mid - term elections   Democrats sometimes ... y ' all get a little sleepy . You get a little complacent . Now this is not my opinion   this is the data . During presidential elections everybody gets all excited . And then when it ' s an off year election   suddenly   everybody   " What there ' s an election going on ?" And so as a consequence folks wake up and they ' re surprised . " How come we can '  t  get things through Congress ? How come we can '  t  get things through the State House ?" Because you slept through the election . But the stakes now don  ' t  allow you to sleep   because it ' s going to come down to how bad you want it . I don  ' t  want to hear folks complaining and not doing something about it . All the young people out here   you know   I think that it ' s great that you " hashtag " and " meme  " but I need you to vote ."  Ralph Northam  wants progress    he  wants to take us forward   not backward    he  wants to reach out for hope   not fear . That ' s where Justin Fairfax wants to take us . That ' s where you should want to take us . We need you to take this seriously   because our democracy is at stake .
President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail to support  Ralph Northam  in  his  run for Governor of Virginia   warning voters that " our democracy is at stake " if they sit out off year and midterm elections . Following is a transcript of the video . Barack Obama : Folks don ' [TGT] feel good right now about what they see . They don ' [TGT] feel as if our public life reflects our best . Instead of our politics reflecting our values   we ' ve got politics infecting our communities . Instead of looking for ways to work together and get things done in a practical way   we ' ve got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks angry . To demonize people who have different ideas . Off year elections   mid - term elections   Democrats sometimes ... y ' all get a little sleepy . You get a little complacent . Now this is not my opinion   this is the data . During presidential elections everybody gets all excited . And then when it ' s an off year election   suddenly   everybody   " What there ' s an election going on ?" And so as a consequence folks wake up and they ' re surprised . " How come we can '  t  get things through Congress ? How come we can '  t  get things through the State House ?" Because you slept through the election . But the stakes now don  ' t  allow you to sleep   because it ' s going to come down to how bad you want it . I don  ' t  want to hear folks complaining and not doing something about it . All the young people out here   you know   I think that it ' s great that you " hashtag " and " meme  " but I need you to vote ."  [TGT]wants progress    [TGT]  wants to take us forward   not backward    [TGT]  wants to reach out for hope   not fear . That ' s where Justin Fairfax wants to take us . That ' s where you should want to take us . We need you to take this seriously   because our democracy is at stake .