program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if they are issuing a story they don t like. that s an issue that i think we have to wrestle with. and we will. people have asked me how you feel about the election and i say look, this is a clarifying moment. it s a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the president-elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what i was doing and i think people can compare and contrast and make judgments about what worked for
that elections matter. and voting counts. and so, you know, i don t know how many times we have to relearn this lesson because we ended up having 43% of the country not voting who were eligible to vote but it makes a difference. do you think that was in general, was he reminding his base and black voters that he had warned them that they needed to shore up his legacy or it would dismantled by the next administration? i mean, the president never wastes an opportunity to chastise black folk. in this moment, i don t think that s what he was doing. don t do that. it s facts. angela, you re going to let him get away with that? he said 43% of americans. his numbers were also wrong. it was 46.9% who didn t turn out this time, right. i think the reality of it is this isn t just about black folks not going to vote. black folks voted on par with the rest of the country. there s a larger issue of us speaking to issues, i think
and it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. and those who didn t vote for him have to recognize that that s how democracy works. i think that whenever you ve got an incoming president of the other side, particularly in a bitter election like this, it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. hopefully, it s a reminder that elections matter. and voting counts. i did say to him, as i have said publicly, that because of the nature of the campaigns and the bitterness and vuerosity of the
and they are behaving the way you were telling people to behave if he lost no, he didn t. here s president obama before his flight to greece. look, the people have spoken. donald trump will be the next president. the 45th president of the united states. and it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well, and reflect his policies. those who didn t vote for him have to recognize that that s how democracy works. i think that whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side, particularly in a election like this, it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. hopefully it s a reminder that elections matter, and voting
needed. hillary clinton had to lean more progressive. she had to say black lives matter. she had to apologize for saying super predator. i m saying that s the right thing to do, but it was divisive enough to white anger in this country, hence van s term he coined, white-lash. the whole thing about super predator, it was brought up by bernie sanders, not the trump people. no, they had no authority. you were speaking about black voter turnout. this is what the president said today about turnout. let s listen. hopefully it is a reminder that elections matter and voting counts. and so you know, i don t know how many times we have to relearn this lesson because we ended up having 43% of the country not voting who were eligible to vote, but it makes a difference. do you think that was a general or in general he was reminding his base and black voters he had warned them they needed to shore up his legacy or