“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”

“The fact that people think that government — ‘eh, does it really even do anything?’ — and I’m like ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us, and we cannot take this democracy for granted.’ And I worry sometimes that we do. Those are the things that keep me up,” she said.

“The bars are different for people in life. That I’ve learned,” she said.

Without naming Trump, she continued: “Other people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. Black men can’t. You just learn to be good. And in the end, you benefit from that extra resilience.”

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    LOL

    I’m a Green.

    Though you’re partly right. It is the centrists who truly paved the way for fascism in this country. 40 years of lesser evils really added up.

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      Then I hope you’re voting for Biden if you are eligible to.

      Centrists will be the death of all of us.

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        They’re not the centrist though. They want someone to the left of Biden. You want someone to the left of Trump.

        You’re the centerist here. And yes you will be the death of the Democrat party and probably the entire country along with it.

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          I can’t vote for the American president.

          But if I could I would still have to vote for Biden because of first past the post voting. Third way candidates are a wasted vote.

          Would I want to vote for Biden? Of course not.