Barack Obama: “I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12978 with respect…”

People need to “rediscover what’s the story we tell about how we’re going to live together, and see each other, and recognise each other, and disagree, and yet, still care for each other”.

The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.

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

It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.