MILLIONS OWED: Obama Center Subcontractors Owed Millions, Now Facing Ruin

The crowd included virtually every major figure in modern Democratic politics, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

To critics, it looked like a reunion of the same political establishment that often speaks about helping working people while appearing disconnected from the workers themselves.

That perception becomes harder to dismiss when contractors who spent years constructing the Obama Center say they are struggling to keep their businesses alive while the political class gathers to celebrate the finished product.