Barack Obama: “Republicans are holding middle class tax cuts hostage.”

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"