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Barack Obama: “If you're referring to specific strains in the Republican Party that of - suggests that somehow I'm different, I'm…”

On the recordDecember 20, 2015
If you're referring to specific strains in the Republican Party that of - suggests that somehow I'm different, I'm Muslim, I'm disloyal to the country, et cetera, you know, which unfortunately, is pretty far out there and gets some traction in certain pockets of the Republican Party and that have been articulated by some of their elected officials, what I'd say there is that that's probably pretty specific to me and who I am, and my background and that in some ways I may represent change that worries them.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama discusses how his identity and background may provoke fears among certain Republican factions.

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