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On the recordNovember 12, 2020
Our democracy seems to be teetering on the brink of crisis, a crisis that has left the body politic divided, angry and mistrustful and is allowed for an ongoing breach of institutional norms, procedural safeguards and the adherence to basic facts the both Republicans and Democrats once took for granted.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
msnbc.com

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Obama discusses the current state of democracy and the division in the political landscape.

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