“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”

“The fact that people think that government — ‘eh, does it really even do anything?’ — and I’m like ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us, and we cannot take this democracy for granted.’ And I worry sometimes that we do. Those are the things that keep me up,” she said.

“The bars are different for people in life. That I’ve learned,” she said.

Without naming Trump, she continued: “Other people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. Black men can’t. You just learn to be good. And in the end, you benefit from that extra resilience.”

  • be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    It seems like most Americans are gonna vote for trump and he might win.

    The problem is the electoral college. We have dipshits, but not enough of them will vote for Trump for him to win the popular vote.

    Democrat voters have to blame their side if trump wins. They’ve run such a dog shit pr campaign.

    This is true every time. Not disagreeing with you. When Dems win nationally it’s usually in spite of all the ways they tried to fuck it up.