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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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Oct 20, 2020

We cannot leave any doubt in this election, because you know the president's already said, if this is even close, I'm going to just make stuff up.

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Oct 20, 2020

People vote when they see other people voting, when they see their peer group voting. So I think that the most important thing we can do in these closing 12, 13 days is for us all to model and advertise that it's the cool thing and the…

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Oct 20, 2020

I'm asking you to believe in Joe's ability, in Kamala's ability to lead this country out of these dark times, and help us build it back better, because we can't abandon those who are hurting right now.

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Oct 20, 2020

Joe's got a plan to create 10 million good clean energy jobs as part of a historic $2 trillion investment to fight climate change, to secure environmental justice.

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Oct 20, 2020

I never thought Donald Trump would embrace my vision, or continue my policies. But I did hope for the sake of the country, that he might show some interest in taking the job seriously. But it hasn't happened. He hasn't shown any interest…

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Oct 20, 2020

We're not going to have a president that goes out of his way to insult anybody who doesn't support him or threaten them with jail.

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Oct 20, 2020

America is a good and decent place.

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Oct 20, 2020

Listen, can you imagine if I had had a secret Chinese bank account when I was running for reelection? You think FOX News might have been a little concerned about that? They would've called me Beijing Barry. It is not a great idea to have a…

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Oct 20, 2020

He hasn't shown any interest in doing the work or helping anybody but himself and his friends or treating the presidency like a reality show that he can use to get attention.

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Oct 20, 2020

Joe and Kamala will protect your health care and expand Medicare and make insurance more affordable for everybody.

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Oct 20, 2020

I'm very proud of my presidency, but I didn't immediately solve systemic racism by virtue of me being president. We didn't immediately lift everybody out of poverty or fix every school or address every issue and impediment that was going…

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Oct 20, 2020

I think it was really based around this idea that, you know, wanting to remind people that their voice matters.

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Oct 20, 2020

Having healthcare as a basic human right is probably one of the most important things that's happened to this country since the New Deal.

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Oct 20, 2020

What? What? We're not going to have a president that goes out of his way to insult anybody who doesn't support him or threaten them with jail. That's not normal presidential behavior.

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Oct 20, 2020

Joe knows that a first -- the first job of a president is to keep us safe from all threats, foreign, domestic or microscopic.

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Oct 20, 2020

Voting's about using the power we have and pooling it together to get a government that's more concerned and more responsive.

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Oct 20, 2020

Our democracy is not going to work if the people who are supposed to be our leaders, lie everyday, and just make things up. I mean, and we've just become numb to it, we just become immune to it every single day.

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Oct 19, 2020

I want to talk to you about the stakes in this election. You could also determine which party controls the Senate. I'm proud to endorse Sara Gideon, Jaime Harrison, Reverend Raphael Warnock. And I hope you will vote for my friend Gary…

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Oct 18, 2020

Pete Souza was always there to document every moment of my presidency from high stakes meetings with world leaders to quiet mornings reading briefing memos.

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Oct 18, 2020

On foreign policy, Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be commander in chief.

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Oct 18, 2020

On the economy, Donald Trump is uniquely unqualified to be our chief executive. That's why most CEOs and economists don't support him.

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Oct 18, 2020

He would trigger a reckless trade war that cost jobs, stripped 20 million Americans of their health insurance, roll back the new rules designed to check Wall Street recklessness and protect consumers and would roll back the regulations we…

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Oct 16, 2020

a reminder to get registered and make a plan to vote.

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Oct 16, 2020

Pete Souza was always there to document every moment of my presidency from high stakes meetings with world leaders to quiet mornings reading briefing memos.

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