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Barack Obama: “The legitimacy of an election and the peaceful transfer of…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Former President Obama Praises Resistance to Trump

Published | Video Starts at 32:02

And then refined over the course of subsequent generations, I think those are unstable. In ways I would not have expected. I didn't. I would not have expected. The legitimacy of an election and the peaceful transfer of power... have been challenged. I thought that was not something that would happen today. I would not expect. The politicization of the Justice Department or our military. And I don't think that's happened. (32:02–32:09)

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