I am so proud of the work that the First Lady, along with the Cabinet Secretaries behind me, have done in trying to tackle one of the most urgent health issues that we face in this country, and that is the increase in childhood obesity.
Remarks on Signing a Memorandum Establishing a Task Force on Childhood Obesity
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The effort, he said, “should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.”
It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.
Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.
When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.
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