This bill is not perfect, but it is a critical first step toward economic recovery and restored hope for millions of Americans who call Puerto Rico home. President Obama More Quotes by President Obama More Quotes From President Obama It’s why GIs gave their lives at Omaha Beach and Iwo Jima; Iraq and Afghanistan – and why men and women from Selma to Stonewall were prepared to give theirs as well, so that’s what we mean when we say America is exceptional. Not that our nation has been flawless from the start, but that we have shown the capacity to change, and make life better for those who follow. President Obama latest-headlines If you accept the support of Klan sympathizers -- the Klan -- and hesitate when asked about that support, then you'll tolerate that support when you're in office. President Obama opinion If you accept the support of Klan sympathizers before you are president, you will accept their support after you are president. President Obama opinion But they wouldn't cooperate because they didn't want to make the system work. President Obama politics So we've got a baseline of facts. President Obama politics Obama told former adviserDavid Axelrod. Trump promptly responded to Obama’s parting shot with one of his own. President Obama politics Today’s actions will help protect this cultural legacy and will ensure that future generations are able to enjoy and appreciate these scenic and historic landscapes. President Obama latest-headlines I am confident in this vision because I’m confident that if I had run again and articulated it, I think I could’ve mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it. President Obama politics They’re all the people I grew up with, they’re their kids. And they’re not racist. They’re not sexist. But we didn’t talk to them. President Obama latest-headlines I know that in conversations that I've had with people around the country, even some people who disagreed with me, they would say the vision, the direction that you point towards is the right one. President Obama latest-headlines If we can't find some way to break through what is a complicated history in the South and start winning races there and winning back Southern white voters without betraying our commitment to civil rights and diversity -- if we can do those things, then we can win elections. President Obama latest-headlines My strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done, in my first two years I wasn't relying on executive powers because I had big majorities in the Congress and we were able to get bills done, get bills passed. And even after we lost the majorities in Congress, I bent over backwards consistently to try to find compromise. President Obama politics Going through the legislative process is always better in part because it’s harder to undo. President Obama politics If he wants to reverse some of those rules, that's part of the democratic process. That's … why I tell people to vote — because it turns out elections mean something. President Obama politics We feel the difference now, now we’re feels like what not having hope feels like. … What do you do if you don’t have hope, Oprah? President Obama politics The larger point that I want to emphasize here is that there is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even -- you could even rig America's elections, and so I'd advise Mr. Trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes. President Obama opinion Flag on the play ? - Email us [email protected] your tips, comments or questions President Obama ADMIN PROMISES RETALIATION AGAINST RUSSIA Fox News :. President Obama politics Russia trying to influence or elections dates back to the Soviet Union, what they did here, hacking some emails and releasing them, is not a particularly fancy brand of espionage or propaganda. We were, frankly, more concerned in the run-up to the election to the possibilities of vote tampering, which we did not see evidence of and were confident that we could guard against. In the same interview, President Obama took the Russian hacking idea even further by alleging that Donald Trump in any way has direct ties to Russia. President Obama opinion You had what was very clear relationships between members of the President-elect’s campaign team and the Russians and a professed shared view on a bunch of issues. President Obama politics President Obama, for President Obama part, mostly has steered clear of taking shots at President Obama successor. But an avalanche of criticism on Monday about alleged Russian interference in the presidential election, mostly from Democratic leaders, gave way to an extended critique from Earnest during the White House press briefing. Speaking later with Trevor Noah, President Obama echoed Earnest in noting that Donald Trump had joked the Russians should hack Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s secret email server to recover tens of thousands of emails she had deleted prior to an FBI investigation. The President-elect in some of Trevor Noah political events specifically said to the Russians, hack Hillary's emails so we can finally find out what's going on and confirm our conspiracy theories. President Obama politics
