Barack Obama: “I'm optimistic. I'm hopeful. I'm confident that we can come together.”

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

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’m going to insist that we can do better than we’re doing right now.