Tulsi Gabbard: “When as president [Obama] was confronted with leaked…”

“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. When as president [Obama] was confronted with leaked information about this surveillance occurring under those authorities in his presidency, he cited, he took the side of the national security state and did not take action to right the wrongs that he correctly pointed out as senator and during his campaign for the presidency. which is unfortunate because he really did build this unifying momentum throughout his campaign. During his 2008 campaign. Yes.” (1:35:03–1:35:29)

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