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Barack Obama: “It was not possible to take an honest look at America's…”

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Former President Obama Praises Resistance to Trump

Published | Video Starts at 25:14

And I think the reason I think patriotism got politicized. Is that. Both the left and the right sometimes got confused in thinking that. It was not possible to take an honest look at America's flaws and be critical of it and still love it. And that's a mistake, right? It is a great expression of love for this country to say that we have not always been perfect. (25:14–25:25)

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