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Barack Obama: “And one of the most disturbing things about this election and about Trump's rise in politics is how we seem to have set…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2024
And one of the most disturbing things about this election and about Trump's rise in politics is how we seem to have set the values we were taught aside, how we seem to disregard them, how we pretend they don't matter.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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transcripts.cnn.com

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama critiques the moral decline he perceives in politics, particularly related to Donald Trump's influence.

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