Barack Obama on Trump's Mar-a-Lago Indictment

our existing Democratic institutions are creaky and we're going to have to reform them it's less than ideal but uh the fact that uh we have a former president who uh is having to answer to charges brought by prosecutors does uphold the basic notion that nobody's above the law and the allegations will now be sorted out through a a court process and I think I'm more concerned when it comes to the United States with the fact that not just one particular individual is you know being accused of of uh undermining existing laws but that more broadly we've seen whether it's through the gerrymandering of districts whether it's uh you know trying to silence critics uh through changes in legislative process whether it's attempts to intimidate the press a strand of anti-democratic sentiment that uh you know we've seen in in the United States it it's something that is right now most prominent in the Republican party but I don't think it's um something that uh is unique to one party I think there is a a less tolerance for ideas that don't um suit us and it sort of the habits of a free and open exchange of ideas and the idea that um you know we all agree to the rules of the game and even if the outcomes aren't always the ones we like we still abide by those rules I think that's weakened since I left office and uh we're going to need to strengthen them again

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Length: 1min 58sec (118 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 23 2023