luchtschip schreef op 20 augustus 2020 05:41:
Democratic National Convention
Barack Obama
1ste tweet
Barack Obama: "I did hope, for the sake of our country, that Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously. That he might come to feel the weight of the office & discover some reference of democracy that was placed in his care. But he never did."
video 0:47 minuut
2de tweet
Obama: "Trump has not grown into the job because he can't. And the consequences of that failure are severe. 170,000 dead. Millions of jobs, gone. Those at the top have taken more than ever. Our worst impulses unleashed. Our proud reputation around the world badly diminished."
video 0:36 minuut
3de tweet
Obama: "What I know about Joe & Kamala is...[they understand] our ability to work together to solve big problems like a pandemic depend on a fidelity to science & logic & not just making stuff up...this POTUS, & those who enable him, have shown they don't believe in these things"
video 1:52 minuut
4de tweet
Obama: "This POTUS & those in power, those who benefit from keeping things the way they are, they're counting on your cynicism. They know they can't win you over w/their policies, so they're hoping to make it as hard as possible for you to vote, to convince it doesn't matter."
video 1:33 minuut
5de tweet
Obama: "Black Americans chained & whipped & hanged, spit on for trying to sit at lunch counters, beaten for trying to vote. If anyone had a right to believe this democracy didn't work & couldn't work, it was those Americans ... [but] instead of giving up, they joined together."
video 1:55 minuut
6de tweet
Obama: "This administration has shown it will tear our democracy down if that is what it takes for them to win."
video 0:57 minuut
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