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16 Nov, 6 tweets, 1 min read
Obama's book, 'The Promised Land' drops tomorrow, hope you saw him on 60 Minutes last night
Great, disturbing interview!
From his interview with Jeffrey Goldberg (Atlantic):
"The broadest subject of our conversation was the arc of the moral universe:
2-"Does it still bend toward justice? Does it even exist? When Obama was elected 12 years ago, the arc seemed more readily visible, at least to that swath of the country interested in seeing someone other than a white male become president.
3-"But he now recognizes that the change he represented triggered an almost instantaneous backlash, one that culminated in the ‘birther’ conspiracy that catapulted its prime propagandist, Donald Trump, to the White House.
4-"‘What I think is indisputable is that I signified a shift in power. Just my mere presence worried folks, in some cases explicitly, in some cases subconsciously,’ Obama said. ‘And then there were folks around to exploit that and tap into that.
5-"If a Fox News talking head asks, when Michelle and I dap, give each other a fist bump, “Is that a terrorist fist bump?,” that’s not a particularly subtle reference.
6-"If there’s a sign in opposition to the ACA in which I’m dressed as an African witch doctor with a bone through my nose, that’s not a hard thing to interpret.’”
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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