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Barack Obama: “A politics where some in office or who aspire to office, work to stir up division, to make folks as angry and as afraid…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2022
A politics where some in office or who aspire to office, work to stir up division, to make folks as angry and as afraid of one another for their own advantage. All of this has been amped up, hyped up, 24/7 on social media, on platforms that oftentimes find controversy and conflict more profitable than telling the truth.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Former President Obama critiques the divisive nature of current political discourse.

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