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Article snippet: ATLANTA — Former President Obama accused MORE of engaging in a “political stunt” by pledging to send troops to the border in response to a migrant caravan at a packed Friday evening rally. The critique came as part of a full-throated attack on his successor that avoided mentioning Trump by name. Obama poured scorn on the suggestion that “the biggest threat to America — the biggest threat! — is some impoverished refugees a thousand miles away.” He repeatedly complained about Trump’s propensity to make false claims, drily noting, “I believe in fact-based campaigns.” Obama also made a broader case against the man who succeeded him in the White House, blaming Trump — implicitly but clearly — for fomenting racial, social and religious tensions. There had been, Obama said, “incessant, non-stop attempts to divide us with rhetoric that is designed to make us angry and make us fearful…to pit us against one another, to try to make us believe that things would be better if it just weren’t for those who don’t look like us, or don’t pray for us, or don’t love like us.” His remarks were met with a euphoric reaction from a young, largely black crowd that filled a 6,000-capacity basketball arena at Morehouse College. But about 550 miles away, in Indianapolis, Trump was also on the campaign trail, firing up his own base in his own way. "The Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan, and you see we have more caravans forming, don't you?,” Trump said, according to pool report... Link to the full article to read more