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Barack Obama: “The backlash against - potential backlash against refugees is totally misguided because actually, we look at these…”

On the recordNovember 15, 2015
The backlash against - potential backlash against refugees is totally misguided because actually, we look at these attackers and their profiles - they are either French or Belgium French, or they came in on fake passports.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes that the attackers are primarily European-born individuals, not refugees, and warns against misdirected backlash.

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