Speaking to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation on Saturday night, President Obama said it would be a “personal insult” and tarnish he and Michelle Obama’s legacy if black Americans didn’t turn out to vote and ensure that Donald Trump does not become president.
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Obama will undoubtedly thank lawmakers in the caucus for their support over his two terms as the nation’s first black president.
At the dinner, Clinton expressed her gratitude to the Mr. President.
Obama, seeking to augment voter responsibility to keep #Donald Trump out of office, said his “name may not be on the ballot, but our progress is on the ballot”, adding that “tolerance”, “Democracy” and “justice” are also on the ballot.
In fact, if you want to give Michelle and me a good sendoff, and that was a attractive video, but don’t just watch us walk off into the sunset now, get people registered to vote.
“I am so relieved the whole birther thing is over”, Obama quipped at the gala.
President Barack Obama says investigators are focusing on a “person of interest” in the NY and New Jersey bombings, but see no connection to the stabbings in Minnesota.
Indeed, 25 percent of likely voters ages 18-39 say they will vote for either Libertarian Gary Johnson or Green Party nominee Jill Stein. She did not mention Trump by name but showered the president with praise and said the upcoming election would be a pivotal choice for the country. Trump for years had been one of the conspiracy theory’s most forceful promoters, raising questions about whether Obama was born in Kenya and even demanding the public release of the president’s birth certificate. “Real plans to help struggling Americans in communities that have been left out and left behind; not prejudice and paranoia”, Clinton said.
“We can’t let Barack Obama’s legacy fall into the hands of someone who doesn’t understand that, whose unsafe divisive vision for our country will drag us backwards”, she said.
Amid reports that African-Americans are less enthusiastic about voting for Hillary Clinton than they were for him, President Barack Obama told a gathering of community leaders that his legacy will be at stake in the November election.
President Barack Obama speaks at the Phoenix Awards Dinner at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on September 17, 2016 in Washington, DC.
One of Clinton’s old scabs that refuses to heal is her comments and support surrounding a 1994 crime bill passed by her husband’s administration. “And as Michelle says, we’ve tried to be role models, not just for our own girls, but for all children, because we know they watch everything we do as adults”.
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The speech came a day after Trump publicly acknowledged Obama was born in the U.S. Trump used the “big announcement” to gain publicity for the opening of his new hotel.
