Barack Obama: “Even as some are coming home for the holidays, many more will be far from their families, who sacrifice along with them.”

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.