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Obama to discuss George Floyd death and policing in virtual town hall, Wednesday 5PM EST (Update: now live)

SunBroDave

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Obama urges young black people to 'feel hopeful even as you may feel angry' after George Floyd's death

Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday personally thanked protesters in the streets across the nation following the death of George Floyd, and urged young African Americans to "feel hopeful even as you may feel angry" because he feels change is coming.
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CNN said:
Former President Barack Obama plans to address in a virtual town hall Wednesday night the death of George Floyd, stressing the importance of "ensuring that this moment becomes one for real change" and that the protests around the country lead to new policies, according to an Obama aide.

Those comments will mark Obama's first time addressing Floyd's death on camera, via the video-conferencing service Zoom. In recent days, he has addressed it on social media as well as a lengthy Medium post.
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#takeobamalive trending to get TV stations to broadcast the speech live tonight

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Handicapped Duck

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For a brief moment, we're all going to be back in 2010 again, remembering what a real president is like and that is a sad thing to have to type.

Meanwhile, bunker bitch is hiding away.
 
Faenix1

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Never thought I'd see an ex-US president, and a ex-US VP, act better than a current president.. but here we are.
 
Tathanen

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Let's just keep calling him President Obama and convince everyone else to call trump Mr Trump and maybe things will just work themselves out.
 
Wraith

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Ah, the seven sweetest words in the English language.

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AnilP228

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It hasn't even started yet but this is already far more than Trump will ever do to the cause.

Obama is a terrific organiser. He will play a part in the next election.
 
McScroggz

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I know he won't, but after see the raw emotional from John Boyega it would be incredible if at some point in the speech Obama dropped the eloquence and calm demeanor and had a moment, even if brief, of just being raw and real in whatever form that is for him. I don't expect him to start dropping f bomb and staying fuck the police, but one sentence of him dropping the presidential almost performative nature would really connect with me.

Either way I'm looking forward to this.
 
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Handicapped Duck said:
For a brief moment, we're all going to be back in 2010 again, remembering what a real president is like and that is a sad thing to have to type.

Meanwhile, bunker bitch is hiding away.
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obama sucked, he had a chance to change things massively
 
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