Former President Barack Obama is speaking about the 2020 election, saying it was not a repudiation of Donald Trump, but rather an affirmation of his presidency. He notes that Trump received 71 million votes, 8 million more than in 2016.
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- Who
- Barack Obama
- Where
- interview
- Original footage
- 60 Minutes · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 56 seconds, unedited within the cut
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And yet the 2020 vote wasn't a repudiation of Donald Trump. It was more like an affirmation. He received 71 million votes, 8 million more than he did in 2016. What does that tell you about our country today? Well, A, it tells us that we're very divided. And as I said, And it's not just the politicians now. The voters are divided. It has now become a contest where issues, facts, policies per se don't matter as much as identity and wanting to beat the other guy. Yeah, that's taken priority. I do think the current media environment and adds to that greatly. This democracy doesn't work if we don't have an informed citizenry.
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