country slavery, racially motivated lynching. we ve also made tremendous process. this country eliminated slavery, reduced lynching, passed anti immigration laws and housing and public accommodations and implemented affirmative action in employment and most elected and reelected our first black president so we made a lot of progress but progress doesn t mean post racial, doesn t mean race is no longer a significant factor and president trump s comments simply reaffirm that notion, let s us know we re not there yet. a lot of people think black people should be over this racist pass because there s so much progress as you said. you re an expert in this. can you explain to people how that racist past shaped the present reality. absolutely, don.
almost every country on earth sees america as stronger and more respected today than they did as eight years ago. in other words, by so many measures our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we started. it s a situation i m proud to li to my successor and it s thankts to the american people, to the hard work you ve put in, the sacrifices you ve made for your families and communities, the businesses you started or invested in, the way you looked out for one another and i could not be prouder to be your president. of course, to tout this progress doesn t mean we re not more mindful of how much there is to do. in this season in particular we are reminded there are people who are still hungry, people who are still homeless, people who still have trouble paying the bills or finding work after being laid off. their communities that are still
earth sees america as stronger and more respected today tha ei in other words, by so many measures our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we started. the situation i m proud to leave for my successor. and it s thanks to the american people. for the hard work that you put in, the sacrifices you made for your families and the communities, and the businesses you started on in invested in, the way you looked out for one another and i could not be prouder to be your president. of course this progress doesn t mean we re not mindful of how much more there is too do. in the season in particular, we re reminded that there are people who are still hungry. people who are still homeless. people who have trouble paying bills or finding work at being laid off. there are communities that are still mourning those who have been stolen from us by senseless
being optional. unquote. these are just the republicans criticizing mr. trump. wasn t this comment a huge mistake? yeah. i think it s when you have a candidate, you always want them to be on cue, and you want them to do exactly what you hope for them to do. here is a guy who hasn t been a candidate. he is not a politician. he just says it. he was almost playful with what he said last night, about keeping people in suspense. i know we re not talking about opportunities and jobs for americans, but we are talking about a few words that are not substantive in nature and they re not doing much for the people. i would rather be talking about jobs, absolutely. you ve had close elections in arizona. if the democrat. that s right. if the democrats were saying before the election, i m not sure if i m going to accept the results, that would undermine people s faith in the process. i have to wonder if, as arizona republican chairman, you re concerned that he may be actually suppressing y
and become doctors and lawyers, young people just like dominic, just as talented as malia and sasha who now have a chance to contribute to this country they love just as much as anybody. ask them if your vote matters. they know it does. donald trump has nothing to offer but anger and grievance and blame. and so his closing argument asks, what do you have to lose? i m here to tell you, everything. do you know how much progress we ve made despite the opposition, despite the forces of discrimination, despite the politics of backlash? and that progress doesn t stop with my presidency. we re just getting started. so progress is on the ballot. stability is on the ballot. tolerance is on the ballot.