If Congress is too polarized to pass anything, we probably won't make the kind of progress we need. If Republican elected officials, with a few notable courageous exceptions, and I'm not going to mention them, because I don't want them to be criticized for having been praised by me.
Barack Obama emphasizes the need for bipartisan cooperation to make progress.
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There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.
This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.
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