Barack Obama: “FEMA is encouraging state and local authorities to coordinate with local utility companies ahead of any impacts.”

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.

Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable