On the recordAugust 19, 2020
Vote like your life counts on it, right? Vote like your health and your well-being matters or depends on it. Vote like you've never voted before. Vote for all of us. Vote for our democracy.
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msnbc.comBarack Obama: “Vote like your life counts on it, right? Vote like your health and your well-being matters or depends on it. Vote like…”
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Obama urges people to vote with urgency and emphasizes the stakes involved.
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