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Obama takes stage to chants of ‘four more years’ at NJ campaign event

by Ben Kamisar - 10/19/17 4:47 PM ET

Crowd breaks out into chants of 'FOUR MORE YEARS' as Obama takes the stage to campaign for Phil Murphy in NJ. pic.twitter.com/hPkwSJcDjT

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 19, 2017

Former President Barack Obama joked with the crowd Thursday during his first appearance back on the campaign trail since leaving the White House, brushing aside chants of “four more years.”

“I will refer you to both the Constitution, as well as to Michelle Obama, to explain why that will not happen,” Obama said as he rallied in Newark for Phil Murphy, the Democratic nominee for governor of New Jersey.

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Obama appeared Thursday afternoon in his first stump speech since leaving office in January in the hopes of boosting Murphy, his former ambassador to Germany.

Murphy is running against Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno (R) in November’s gubernatorial election to replace a term-limited Gov. Chris Christie (R).

Polling regularly shows Murphy with a steady lead over Guadagno ahead of next month’s election.

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