Barack Obama: “This little country that inspires the biggest things, its best days are still ahead.”

The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.

Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.

The effort, he said, “should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.”