This president and those in power, those who benefit from keeping things the way they are, they are counting on your cynicism. They know they can't win you over with their policies, so they're hoping to make it as hard as possible for you…
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.
Vote like your life counts on it, right? Vote like your health and your well-being matters or depends on it. Vote like you've never voted before. Vote for all of us. Vote for our democracy.
For close to four years now, he has shown no interest in putting in the work, no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves. Donald Trump hasn't grown into the…
I want you to listen to me, because I'm warning you, because I know it from inside the job, that there's a danger here.
This administration has shown it will tear our democracy down, if that's what it takes for them to win.
To the young people who led us this summer, telling us we need to be better. In so many ways you are this country's dreams fulfilled. You can give our democracy new meaning. You can take it to a better place. You're the missing ingredient…
Donald Trump hasn't grown into the job, because he can't. And the consequences of that failure are severe.
There are those in power who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting, even undermining the Postal Service in the run-up to an election.
I did hope, for the sake of our country, that Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously, but he never did.
I did hope, for the sake of our country, that Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously. But he never did. He's shown no interest in putting in the work, no interest in treating the presidency has anything but one more…
This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. A lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge.
Donald Trump hasn't grown into the job, because he can't. And the consequences of that failure are severe.
I am also asking you, to believe in your own ability, to embrace your own responsibility as citizens, I want to throw that to make sure that the basic tenets of our democracy endure.
But even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting.
Joe Biden won't just make a good vice president, he will make a great vice president.
There's nobody that I trust more to be able to heal this country and get it back on track than my dear friend, Joe Biden.
The Republican Party for quite some time has actively tried to discourage people's votes from counting in all kinds of ways, whether it's voter ID laws or, you know, blatant gerrymandering, making it difficult for people in certain…
Kamala is somebody I've known for years. She is smart, she is tough. She is somebody who I think will be able to share the stage with Mike Pence or whoever -- anybody else and dissect some of the terrible decisions that have been made over…
One thing that those of us who are interested in helping democracy, not just the campaign, can do if we're relatively young and healthy and less at risk of serious damage if we contract the disease, is to volunteer as a poll worker.
Now, what we've seen in a way that is unique to modern political history is a president who is explicit in trying to discourage people from voting, right? I think the Republicans view has been, it's all fair game as long as it helps us…
How do we protect the integrity of the election process? How do we make sure that people's votes are counted?





