The reason I actually wanted to come out today is not to take questions, but to speak to an issue that obviously has gotten a lot of attention over the course of the week, the issue of the Trayvon Martin ruling.
Obama addresses the Trayvon Martin ruling and its significance.
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It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.
And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.
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.
The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.
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