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President Obama: If You Don’t Vote, That’s A Vote For Donald Trump
President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned Americans against staying at home on Election Day, saying such a move would be a boon for Donald Trump.
“If you don’t vote, that’s a vote for Trump,” The Presi- dent said during an interview on “The Steve Harvey Morn- ing Show” broadcast Wednes- day.
“If you vote for a third-party candidate who’s got no chance to win, that’s a vote for Trump. So the notion some- how that, ‘Well, you know, I’m not as inspired because Barack and Michelle, they’re not on the ballot this time, and, you know, maybe we kinda take it easy’ — my legacy’s on the ballot. You know, all the work we’ve done over the last eight years is on the ballot.”
President Obama
praised his former secretary of state, hailing her as a candi- date who is “capable, tough, does her homework” and cares about the same issues he does, such as an economy that works for everyone, affordable col- lege and criminal justice re-
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form, to name a few.
Then there’s Trump, the
President said, characteriz- ing him as a candidate “who’s unqualified, doesn’t do his homework, doesn’t know basic facts that you need to know if you’re going be president of the United States.”
President Obama high- lighted some of Trump’s low- est moments in Monday’s presidential debate, where the real estate mogul maintained that it was smart for him to pay little-to-no taxes and sug- gested that maybe he stiffed workers because they “didn’t do a good job and I was unsat- isfied with” the work.
If Black People In Florida Don’t Vote For Hillary, She Will Lose
To kill Donald Trump's chances of capturing the White House, Hillary Clinton needs to win Florida. And to do that, she needs a big minority turnout.
But Democrats are begin- ning to worry that too many African-American voters are uninspired by Clinton’s can- didacy, leading her campaign to hit the panic button this week and launch an all-out blitz to juice-up voter enthusi- asm.
Bill Clinton, once nick- named the “first black presi- dent,” embarks on a North Florida bus tour Friday in an attempt to draw African-Amer- ican crowds. At the same time, Clinton herself will host events in Broward and St. Lucie counties, which have black populations higher than the statewide average.
That follows the events of this past weekend, when Black mothers who have lost children to gun violence hosted a Clin- ton organizing event in Jack- sonville and a voter-registration drive in Opa- Locka, a majority Black city near Miami.
The group, Mothers of the Movement, includes Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, whose 2012 shooting death near Orlando became a flashpoint for racial division and gun violence.
President Barack Obama, who’s expected to campaign here at least twice before Election Day. First Lady Michelle Obama — more popular than her hus- band — will likely visit Florida as well, in addition to the ad she cut for Clinton that’s cur- rently airing on Florida radio.
The Photos Tells It All: American Presidents And Their Wives Embrace Each Other
The moment last weekend that should make us all re- member what it looks like to be a civil human being was capture at the opening of the African American Museum.
Let’s start with President Obama, who found himself being tapped on the shoulder by former President George W. Bush at the opening cere- mony of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Not for an ex- change of words, but to enlist President Obama’s help in snapping a photo of former President Bush with atten- dees.
The moment is a rare gem. While the relationship be- tween Presidents Obama and Bush has always re- mained cordial these last eight years — Pres. Bush has rarely criticized his successor's administration — and is still a good reminder of what mutual respect in politics looks like.
Sure, President Obama campaigned largely on the back of Bush's failures, and spent most of his presidency trying to drag the country back out of its financial melt- down and military quagmire. Yet in the era of Donald Trump and the ever-lowering bar of political standards, it's nice to know that simply hav- ing shared a job with someone is enough to treat that person as a friend.
Mrs. Obama hugs former president, George W. Bush as Presi- dent Obama and Mrs. Bush look on.
Former president Bush and Mrs. Bush pose while President Obama takes their photo with a family attending the opening of the AA Museum.
This notion culminated more evidently in a now-viral photograph of First Lady Michelle Obama and Pres. Bush captured at the same event on Saturday.
Pres. Bush is wearing a gleeful smile, his hands clasped and his head tilted slightly to the left. Meanwhile,
Mrs. Obama has one arm draped over his shoulder, her left hand holding onto Bush's in a warm embrace. The two have been photographed in moments of genuine adora- tion in the past, but the photo touched a nerve on the eve the first presidential debate and set the internet afire.
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