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Barack Obama: I thought that was really inappropriate, you know? She's getting an award. Why are you butting in? The young lady seems…

On the recordSeptember 14, 2009
I thought that was really inappropriate, you know? She's getting an award. Why are you butting in? The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She's getting her award. What's he doing up there? He's a jackass.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama comments on Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards.

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