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Barack Obama: “So now they've had two years of total control in Washington. What have they done with that power? No, no, no. It's not…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2018
So now they've had two years of total control in Washington. What have they done with that power? No, no, no. It's not true they haven't done nothing. They've done something. They have promised they were going to take on corruption in Washington. Instead they have racked up enough indictments to fill a football team.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama criticizes the Trump administration for failing to deliver on promises and accumulating indictments.

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