Barack Obama actually said...

"I am also asking you, to believe in your own ability, to embrace your own responsibility as citizens, I want to throw that to make sure that the basic tenets of our democracy endure."

"I did hope, for the sake of our country, that Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously, but he never did."

"This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. A lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge."

"There are those in power who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting, even undermining the Postal Service in the run-up to an election."