“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“The fact is that she agrees with them from a policy standpoint, even if she doesn't couch herself in the same title of socialist.”

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On the recordAugust 19, 2020
This administration has shown it will tear our democracy down, if that's what it takes for them to win.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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msnbc.com

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Barack Obama warns about the threats to democracy posed by the current administration.

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