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Obama denounced the statements in question, but critics continued to press the issue of his relationship with Wright. In response to this, he gave a speech titled "A More Perfect Union", in which he sought to place Wright's comments in a historical and sociological context. In the speech, Obama again denounced Wright's remarks, but did not ...
At an LGBT campaign fundraising event in New York City on September 9, Clinton gave a speech and said the following: [11] I know there are only 60 days left to make our case – and don't get complacent; don't see the latest outrageous, offensive, inappropriate comment and think, "Well, he's done this time".
Obama has been impersonated on the sketch show Saturday Night Live more than 60 times between 2008 and 2016, where he was parodied by first Fred Armisen and later Jay Pharoah. [156] [157] [158] He did a cameo appearance on the show in 2007, when he was running for president. [159] Obama became a popular subject for artists during his ...
“Barack Obama once upon a time called us bitter clingers, Hillary Clinton has called us deplorables, Kamala Harris refers to us as fascists, and Joe Biden called us garbage,” Donalds said at ...
Obama laughed as Trump added, “and after, I will,” before the pooled TV camera feed cut away from the men, who were bracketed by former first lady Laura Bush and Trump’s wife Melania.
Obama delivered a speech at the White House Briefing Room on April 20, 2011. He stated that the release of his birth certificate is a settled issue saying that the American people "didn't care" nor were concerned about this. Obama blamed partisan politics and said this release is no different than any earlier release.
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Since then ...
[21] [6] [20] For Obama, the tan suit controversy became a topic to joke about at future events. [6] During the presidency of Donald Trump, Obama’s successor, the tan suit controversy was frequently referred to by Trump critics to draw a contrast between Obama and Trump. These critics contrasted the attention devoted to this trivial issue ...