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Tulsi Gabbard: “Instead of bringing in a new generation of fresh leadership…”

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I think he was, out of all the presidents we had, is probably the most effective uniter of the people. That'd be fair to say. Instead of bringing in a new generation of fresh leadership that was not a part of the Washington establishment, [Obama] instead immediately chose to surround himself with people who were more of the same old, same old, who were essentially part of, part of the problem. And many of his actions after that proved that fear and that broken heart, that brokenheartedness that they felt to be true. And I'll mention one example related to civil liberties that we talked about. (1:34:08–1:34:26)

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