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In front of mamas. look, throughout human history politicians have made promises that turned out to be harder than they expected and so they pump up the good things that they, did they downplay the stuff that didn't work out. they try to put a positive -- they try to put a positive -- they try -- we're okay. they try to put a positive spin on things. it's not just politicians, by the way, that do that. y'all do that, too. you know, maybe this doesn't happen with you and your wife but sometimes i'm at home. i say hey, honey, look, i'm doing the dishes. michelle says that's the first time in a m...

A positive spin on it. then she asked me what have you done wrong, you're doing the dishes. we all try to put a positive spin on things. what we're not seeing what we're seeing right now is politicians just blatantly, repeatedly, boldly, shamelessly lying. just making stuff up. that's what they're doing right now all the time! and, by the way, it's not the first time. they do this every election cycle. try to terrify folks and then the election comes and problems suddenly magically vanishes. you never hear about them again. in 2010 they said that bill and i were setting up death panels to kill...

So there's just constant fear mongering to distract from the record. now the administration suddenly says we're doubling down on an outdated cuba policy. which all that does is hurt families who are trying to open up the cuban economy. we need to get back to politics that support the cuban people, make their lives better. that's change. that's what bill believes in, that's what andrew believes in. the point is, florida, they make stuff up but here's also the problem is too often we fall for it. f too often we fall for the distraction. you know, y'all remember peanuts, right? maybe some of you ...

And charlie brown would say okay and she'd pull the ball away and he'd fall on his back. but he kept on doing it every time. don't be charlie brown. don't fall for the okey-doke. don't be bamboozled. don't be hoodwinked. because when you get distracted, while you're distracted with all this stuff they're making up, they're also robbing you blind. they'll be like look, look, look, over there. then they're giving tax cuts to billionaires. look over there. then they're letting polluters poison your air and water. they will take health care away from millions the first time you

Are distracted with stuff that is not true. it's like the con where a door-to-door salesman says you need a security system while his buddy sneaks in the back and steals your stuff. but it's not just the practical effect in terms of policy. when words stop meaning anything, when truth doesn't matter, when people can just ride wi lie with abandon, democracy can't work. in our own lives, in our marriages, in our families, if consistently the people we're dealing with can't believe what we say, if our children see that it doesn't matter that you actually accomplish things, all you do is just make...