Barack Obama: “I think your constituents would want to know that despite the fact it doesn't get a lot of attention, you and I have…”

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…