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Barack Obama

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Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004. Obama is known for his signature policies including the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and his efforts in economic recovery following the 2008 financial crisis. His presidency was marked by significant legislative achievements and a focus on healthcare reform, climate change, and foreign policy initiatives such as the Iran nuclear deal.

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Dec 4, 2020

The promise of the Biden presidency and the Harris vice presidency rests in part on their ability to have a cooperative posture with Congress. And to do that, we have to have the two gentlemen who are running for Senate in Georgia.

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Dec 4, 2020

If the Senate is controlled by Republicans who are interested in obstruction and gridlock rather than progress and helping people, they can block just about anything.

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Dec 4, 2020

As they're downplaying it, as they're ignoring the science and epidemiologists, and suggesting that, you know, this is something that is some partisan issue, as opposed to something that Americans should rally around. At the same time…

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Dec 3, 2020

But if Anthony Fauci tells me this vaccine is safe and can vaccinate -- immunize you from getting COVID, absolutely I'm going to take it. I may end up taking it on TV or having it filmed, just so that people know I trust this science.

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Dec 3, 2020

The special election in Georgia is going to determine, ultimately, the course of the Biden presidency. If you don't have a majority, they can block just about anything. The Senate really matters.

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Dec 3, 2020

You are now -- once again, the center of our civic universe, because the special election in Georgia is going to determine, ultimately, a course of the Biden presidency.

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Dec 2, 2020

You know you've lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you're actually going to get the changes you want done. The key is deciding, do you want to actually get something done or do you want to feel…

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Dec 2, 2020

If you believe as I do, that, we should be able to reform the criminal justice system so that it's not biased and treats everybody fairly, I guess you can use a snappy slogan like, defund the police. But you know, you've lost a big…

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Dec 2, 2020

If Anthony Fauci tells me this vaccine is safe, absolutely, I'm going to take it.

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Dec 1, 2020

If you believe, as I do, that we should be able to reform the criminal justice system so that it's not biased and treats everybody fairly, I guess you can use a snappy slogan like defund the police, but you know you have lost a big…

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Dec 1, 2020

Drake seems to be able to do anything he wants. I mean, that is a talented, talented brother.

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Nov 25, 2020

What's always interesting to me is the degree to which we have created -- you have seen created in Republican politics this sense that white males are victims, like, they're the ones who are, like, under attack, which obviously doesn't…

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Nov 25, 2020

People were surprised about a lot of Hispanic folks who voted for Trump. But there are a lot of evangelical Hispanics, who -- the fact that Trump says racist things about Mexicans or puts detainees, undocumented workers in cages, they…

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Nov 25, 2020

If the Republicans win those two seats, then Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will not be able to get any law passed that Mitch McConnell and the Republicans aren't willing to go along with.

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Nov 24, 2020

You have seen created in Republican politics this sense that white males are victims, like, they're the ones who are, like, under attack.

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Nov 24, 2020

Well, right, because he breaks laws.

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Nov 24, 2020

You need to be able to persuade some white folks who are not going to think like you.

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Nov 23, 2020

There's been some damage done that is going to take some time to dig ourselves out of but there's no doubt that Joe's got the right people to do it. And I have every confidence they'll be able to do it. It just may not happen…

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Nov 19, 2020

Joe Biden is going to be the next President of the United States. Kamala Harris will be the next Vice President.

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Nov 19, 2020

Some strong words about the transition not yet happening and some strong words about what President Trump is trying to do to pretend like he didn't lose the election.

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Nov 19, 2020

My number one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our president-elect is successful.

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Nov 19, 2020

I think Joe Biden is right to say that we should all make an effort to do our best to lower the temperature and listen to the other side.

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Nov 19, 2020

I'm more troubled that you are seeing a lot of Republican officials go along with it, not because they actually believe it but because they feel intimidated by it.

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Nov 19, 2020

I'm more troubled that you're seeing a lot of Republican officials go along with it.

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Nov 18, 2020

I don't believe that anybody is above the law. On the other hand, I also have a belief that we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.

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