Barack Obama: “It's not smart to invite some of the brightest minds from around the world to study here and then not let them start…”

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.

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

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.