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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 17, 2024

I am here to ask you to vote for my friend and your outstanding congressman, Raul Grijalva. Or your next member of Congress from the sixth district, Kirsten Angle. Or your outstanding next United States, Senator Ruben Gallego. And for the…

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Oct 17, 2024

And the good news is Kamala Harris is ready to do the job. This is a leader who has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice who need a champion.

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Oct 17, 2024

Donald Trump sees power as nothing more than a means to his ends. He wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge tax cut that would mostly help him and his country club buddies.

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Oct 17, 2024

What I cannot understand is why anyone would think that Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that is good for you.

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Oct 17, 2024

There is also a question of his competence. Have you seen him lately? I mean, he is out there. He's given two, two and a half hour speeches, just word salads.

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Oct 12, 2024

Get out and vote. It's not acceptable to sit on the sidelines.

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Oct 12, 2024

You’re thinking about sitting out or even supporting somebody who has a history of denigrating you because you think that’s a, a sign of strength? Because that’s what being a man is? Putting women down? That is not acceptable.

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Oct 12, 2024

The idea of intentionally trying to deceive people in their most desperate and vulnerable moments. And my question is, when did that become okay?

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Oct 10, 2024

Part of it makes me think that -- well, you just aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as president. That you're coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.

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Oct 10, 2024

We have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running.

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Oct 9, 2024

And let me tell you, there are a lot of brothers and cousins. And I can tell you that no one is more humble and more honest and more rooted in his community and has more integrity than Bob Casey.

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Oct 9, 2024

And to help her do it, she will need a Senate full of serious public servants like Bob Casey.

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Oct 9, 2024

We need a president who actually cares about solving problems and making your life better and that's what Kamala Harris will do.

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Oct 9, 2024

Now if you challenge Trump to elaborate and enumerate his concepts, he will fall back on one answer, J.D. Vance does the same thing, doesn't matter what the issue is, housing, health care, education, paying the bills, their only answer is…

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Oct 9, 2024

Instead of giving more tax breaks to billionaires and raising prices on working families, Kamala will give a tax cut to 100 million middle class and working people here in America.

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Oct 9, 2024

To lower housing costs, Kamala will cut red tape and work with governors like Josh Shapiro, as well as the private sector to build 300 million new homes.

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Oct 9, 2024

But the good news is Kamala Harris, she doesn't have concepts for a plan, she has an actual plan, to make your life better.

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Oct 9, 2024

When it comes to health care you heard it in the debate Donald Trump's got one answer, ending the Affordable Care Act that 45 million people rely on.

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Oct 9, 2024

His other big economic plan now is the slap tariffs on everything, from food to TVs.

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Oct 9, 2024

Now Donald Trump's plan is to do what he did last time, which was give another massive tax cut to billionaires and big corporations.

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Oct 9, 2024

Kamala is as prepared for the job as any nominee for president has ever been.

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Oct 9, 2024

If Donald Trump does not care that a mob might attack his own vice president, do you think he cares about you?

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Oct 9, 2024

Donald Trump is a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago.

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Oct 9, 2024

What I cannot understand is why anybody would think that Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that is good for you, Pennsylvania.

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