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On the recordApril 13, 2008
I wasn't born into a lot of money. I didn't have a trust fund. I wasn't born into fame and fortune. I was raised by a single mother with the help of my grandparents who grew up in small-town Kansas and went to school on the G.I. Bill and bought their home through an FHA loan. My mother had to use food stamps at one point.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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Barack Obama shares his personal background to connect with voters and counter claims of elitism.

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