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On the recordOctober 20, 2020
I'm very proud of my presidency, but I didn't immediately solve systemic racism by virtue of me being president. We didn't immediately lift everybody out of poverty or fix every school or address every issue and impediment that was going on in a community like this one. But what I always tell young people is, we did make things better.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
msnbc.com

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Barack Obama reflects on the challenges faced during his presidency and emphasizes the importance of voting.

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