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Obama: ‘Tea Party Does Not Get the Traction,’ Had It Not Been for the Fact that ‘I Represented Something that Looked Like Something Very Foreign to Some People and Scary’ (clip)
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CNN

Name: CNN
URL: http://www.cnn.com/
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The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Name: The Axe Files with David Axelrod
URL: http://politics.uchicago.edu/pages/axefiles
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Barack Obama
, David Axelrod

Name: Barack Obama
Employment: The White House
Position: President

Name: David Axelrod
Employment: Self-employed
Position: Political Consultant, Writer
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06/19/2023 04:53 am
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Obama Look disentangling people ░░░░░░░░ motives fears you know ░░░░░░░░ much of it had ░░░░░░░░ with the fact that ░░░░░░░░ was the first African ░░░░░░░░ president how much of ░░░░░░░░ has do with the ░░░░░░░░ that you know despite ░░░░░░░░ subsequent criticism from my ░░░░░░░░ on left I was ░░░░░░░░ most progressive Democratic presidential ░░░░░░░░ that we d seen ░░░░░░░░ a while it s ░░░░░░░░ to say exactly I ░░░░░░░░ it is I think ░░░░░░░░ s fair to say ░░░░░░░░ something like the Tea ░░░░░░░░ does not get the ░░░░░░░░ does not generate the ░░░░░░░░ that it does had ░░░░░░░░ not been for the ░░░░░░░░ that I represented something ░░░░░░░░ looked like something very ░░░░░░░░ to people to some ░░░░░░░░ and scary I think ░░░░░░░░ you tracked Fox News ░░░░░░░░ all the way up ░░░░░░░░ Tucker Carlson talking about ░░░░░░░░ know white people are ░░░░░░░░ being replaced and that ░░░░░░░░ are deliberately trying to ░░░░░░░░ in illegal immigrants and ░░░░░░░░ give them voting rights ░░░░░░░░ welfare checks to buy ░░░░░░░░ off and and build ░░░░░░░░ Democratic majority I think ░░░░░░░░ that s that argument ░░░░░░░░ gets less traction if ░░░░░░░░ wasn t me who ░░░░░░░░ president at the time ░░░░░░░░ know suggestions that I ░░░░░░░░ be trying to impose ░░░░░░░░ law you know I ░░░░░░░░ t know that works ░░░░░░░░ it s Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ the time rather than ░░░░░░░░ Yeah I don t ░░░░░░░░ that meeting Obama Laughs ░░░░░░░░ Right So I don ░░░░░░░░ think that there s ░░░░░░░░ doubt that race has ░░░░░░░░ been the fault line ░░░░░░░░ American politics society and ░░░░░░░░ It was the first ░░░░░░░░ the most powerful the ░░░░░░░░ elemental The idea that ░░░░░░░░ would no longer be ░░░░░░░░ case once I was ░░░░░░░░ was foolish I mean ░░░░░░░░ takes time and there ░░░░░░░░ going to be some ░░░░░░░░ And look by the ░░░░░░░░ it reflected a real ░░░░░░░░ right If you look ░░░░░░░░ third graders in the ░░░░░░░░ States the demographic there ░░░░░░░░ really different than folks ░░░░░░░░ age AXELROD Yeah Obama ░░░░░░░░ the country is becoming ░░░░░░░░ more diverse much browner ░░░░░░░░ that s gonna be ░░░░░░░░ for folks who feel ░░░░░░░░ if That means something ░░░░░░░░ being taken away from ░░░░░░░░ The same is AXELROD ░░░░░░░░ saw that by the ░░░░░░░░ I mean my father ░░░░░░░░ a Jewish immigrant Jews ░░░░░░░░ Italians Obama It s ░░░░░░░░ throughout our history Now ░░░░░░░░ add on top of ░░░░░░░░ right gender and sexual ░░░░░░░░
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