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Obama Slams Trump Admin Response to Crisis: “A Lot of Them Aren’t Even Pretending to Be in Charge.”

HeadlineMay 18, 2020

President Obama criticized Trump’s response to the pandemic during two virtual commencement addresses over the weekend. This is Obama speaking Saturday to graduates of 74 historically Black colleges and universities.

Barack Obama: “More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally, torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing. A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”

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