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.
Voting's about using the power we have and pooling it together to get a government that's more concerned and more responsive.
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…
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.
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…
You'll be able to go about your lives knowing that the president is not going to retweet conspiracy theories about secret cabals running the world or that Navy SEALs didn't actually kill bin Laden.
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.
I think it was really based around this idea that, you know, wanting to remind people that their voice matters.
He continues to do business with China, because he's got a secret Chinese bank account. How is that possible? How is that possible? A secret Chinese bank account. Listen, can you imagine if I had had a secret Chinese bank account when I…
They actually care about every American, including the ones that don't agree with them.





