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Obama: 'You cannot sit back and wait for a savior'

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Obama: 'You cannot sit back and wait for a savior'

Former President Obama aimed sharp criticism at President Trump in a speech at the University of Illinois, where he also called on Democrats to vote in the midterm elections and warned that the biggest threat to democracy is indifference.

09/07/2018

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