“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.”

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    10 months ago

    3 years of propaganda, most of their base complaints against Biden arent true, but perception is reality.

    Trump is hard lining who he’s going to hurt. They love that

    The Dems will still vote dem other than hating Bidens Gaza stance, because they see Trump as awful.

    But gerrymandering and shenanigans being what they are, the fight isn’t fair and the GOPs thumb is heavily on the scale.