“All right, I have gone on too long,” Obama said several times over the course of an hour-long speech in Miami before launching back into his argument.

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In Jacksonville, he cast Trump as unfit for the presidency and unworthy of the the American people's support. "We are not Democrats or Republicans first," Obama said. "We are children of God. We are human beings. We are Americans first."

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In both of his rallies on Thursday, Obama spoke on college campuses to young and racially diverse crowds whose turnout will be key to deciding Clinton's fate in five days. In the closing days of the campaign, Obama has returned repeatedly to Florida and North Carolina in an effort to ensure that young people and African Americans turn out to the polls. Early-voting numbers for both groups so far indicate that these voters are not coming out for Clinton at the same levels that supported Obama in 2008 and 2012.

Obama played the happy warrior for much of the speech, reprising some of his best lines from the campaign trail to the delight of the crowd. The president ridiculed Trump for complaining on Twitter about the way he has been portrayed on “Saturday Night Live.”

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“C’mon man,” he mused in Miami drawing big cheers.

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The two-word phrase, a familiar chorus for the president on the campaign trail this fall, delighted the crowd that had heard it many times before.

Obama blasted Trump as a “reality TV” candidate who regularly says “wacky stuff” and wondered how his fellow Republicans could continue to support him. “This isn't joke. This isn’t 'Survivor.' This isn’t 'The Bachelorette,'” Obama railed.

He blamed Republicans for gridlock and dysfunction in Washington. “I will sometimes propose their own stuff and they oppose it,” Obama said. “I mean, it surprises them.”

On a previous trip to Miami last month, with Clinton then surging ahead in the polls, Obama focused heavily on down-ticket races, such as the battle for the U.S. Senate seat in Florida between Rep. Patrick Murphy and the incumbent, Sen. Marco Rubio (R). But this time, with the race for the presidency narrowing, Obama mentioned the Senate race only in passing.

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Toward the end of his Miami speech, marked by many one-liners and lots of lusty cheers from the crowd, Obama turned serious and quiet, calling on the young people who dominated the standing-room-only crowd of 4,500.

“There are times where history is movable,” Obama said. “Where you can make things better or worse. And it is in your hands. This incredible power.”

Obama cast the election as a chance “to reject divisive and mean-spirited politics.” And he described it in history-making terms as an opportunity to elect “the first female president,” someone, Obama said, who would be an example to the country.

“Hillary Clinton will move us forward if you give her a chance,” Obama said, his voice rising again as he closed his speech. “If we win Florida, we will win this election.”

“Choose hope. Choose hope,” Obama called out to the crowd in what became a call and response.