The former Democratic president is showing major support in Detroit for the progressive Michigan candidate in final days before US midterm elections

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Hundreds of Michiganders have gathered outside Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan, where former president Barack Obama will stump for Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a rally slated to begin in about an hour.

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