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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 08:30 AM Jul 2016

'Don't Boo – Vote'

"There has never been anyone more qualified" to be president, he said, including himself and Bill Clinton. ("I hope you don't mind, Bill, but I was just telling the truth, man.&quot

When he invoked Donald Trump's name at one point, and the crowd booed, Obama chastened them. "Don't boo — vote," he said.

"The Donald is not really a plans guy. He's not really a facts guy, either," Obama said. "He calls himself a business guy, which is true, but I have to say, I've met many business men and women who've achieved remarkable success without leaving a trail of lawsuits and unpaid workers and people feeling like they got cheated."

"I promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on Donald Trump," he said, saying later on that "the American Dream is something no wall will ever contain."



VIDEO & MORE:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-gives-impassioned-speech-on-trump-dont-boo-vote-w431382

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