Barack Obama: “We can’t tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2012

We can’t tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks honoring victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Barack Obama: “We can’t tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change.”