Barack Obama: “The close bond between our people remains the greatest resource for our Alliance and for our shared vision of the…”

Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

The effort, he said, “should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.”

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

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