Barack Obama: “She was an inspiration to me and to so many others and I pray that her family finds peace and comfort in the hard days…”

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

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

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.

When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.