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President Barack Obama

Twitter: @BarackObama
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. - Wikipedia

Positions

““The kind of leadership that’s guided by knowledge and experience, honesty and humility, empathy and grace — that kind of leadership doesn’t just belong in our state capitals and mayor’s offices. It belongs in the White House”
Former President Barack Obama
15 September 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/politics/obama-endorses-biden.html
“Absolutely. We are the only advanced democracy that makes it deliberately difficult for people to vote”
Former President of the United States
7 November 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/07/fight-to-vote-voter-suppression-editors-note
“That’s not activism. That’s not bringing about change...If all you’re doing is casting stones, you’re probably not going to get that far. That’s easy to do.”
Former President of the United States
31 October 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/obama-woke-cancel-culture.html
“I understand the point they’re trying to make. I think it’s also important for us to understand that the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ simply refers to the notion that there’s a specific vulnerability for African-Americans that needs to be addressed. It’s not meant to suggest that other lives don’t matter.”
14 July 2016
https://theundefeated.com/features/president-obamas-clarifies-his-definition-of-black-lives-matter/
“I personally, the position of my administration, as well as a lot of the companies here, is that you don’t want to start getting a differentiation in how accessible the Internet is to different users. You want to leave it open so the next Google and the next Facebook can succeed.”
5 August 2014
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/net-neutrality
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