Barack Obama: “His decision to choose love in the face of hate, hope in the face of despair, is an example we should always strive to…”

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

I’m going to insist that we can do better than we’re doing right now.

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.