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Program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if they are issuing a story they dont like. thats an issue that i think we have to wrestle with. and we will. people have asked me how you feel about the election and i say look, this is a clarifying moment. its a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the president-elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what i was doing and i think people can compare and contrast and make...

That elections matter. and voting counts. and so, you know, i dont know how many times we have to relearn this lesson because we ended up having 43% of the country not voting who were eligible to vote but it makes a difference. >> do you think that was in general, was he reminding his base and black voters that he had warned them that they needed to shore up his legacy or it would dismantled by the next administration? >> i mean, the president never wastes an opportunity to chastise black folk. ...

And it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. and those who didnt vote for him have to recognize that thats how democracy works. i think that whenever youve got an incoming president of the other side, particularly in a bitter election like this, it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. hopefully, its a reminder that elections matter. and voting counts. i did say to him, as i have said publicly, that becau...

>> and they are behaving the way you were telling people to behave if he lost -- no, he didnt. >> heres president obama before his flight to greece. >> look, the people have spoken. donald trump will be the next president. the 45th president of the united states. and it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well, and reflect his policies. those who didnt vote for him have to recognize that thats how democracy works. i think that whenever you have got an incoming presid...

Needed. hillary clinton had to lean more progressive. she had to say black lives matter. she had to apologize for saying super predator. im saying thats the right thing to do, but it was divisive enough to white anger in this country, hence vans term he coined, white-lash. >> the whole thing about super predator, it was brought up by bernie sanders, not the trump people. >> no, they had no authority. >> you were speaking about black voter turnout. this is what the president said today about turn...

After the 2010 and 2014 midterm elections. >> im not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. you know, im sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons. >> reporter: no laughter today as the cornerstones of his legacy, obamacare, to climate change policy, are at risk in a trump administration. asked about those questioning trumps right to rule, the president said simply, "trump won." >> hopefully its a reminder that elections matter. and vo...

Thats how democracy works. i think that whenever youve got an incoming president of the other side, particularly in a bitter election like this, it takes awhile for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. hopefully its a reminder that elections matter. and voting counts. ki i did say to him, as ive said publicly, that because of the nature of the campaigns and the bitterness and ferocity of the campaigns, that its really important to try to send some signals of unity. and to reach ...

And i think that whenever youve got an incoming president, especially on the other side, it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. hopefully its a reminder that elections matter and voting counts. and so i dont know how many times we have to relearn this lesson, because we ended up having 43% of the country not voting who were eligible to vote, but it makes a difference. so given that president-elect trump is now trying to balance what he said in the campaign and...

For and i think that whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side, particularly in a bitter election like this, it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. hopefully its a reminder that elections matter. and voting counts. and so i dont know times we have to relearn this lesson because we ended up having 43% of the country not voting who were eligible to vote. it makes a difference. so given that president-elect trump is now trying to balance what ...

Ability to compromise. and the normal way you do it is way wait and see who wins the election and cut the deal in favor of who won the election. it is never 50/50. so it should be a 60/40, after the last 2010 election, it should have been pro-republican, maybe 60/35, the democrats should have favored in favor of the republicans and then they would have done better. always compromise in favor of the electorate so you can win the next election. you have to compromise. and it is never 50/50. and i ...