Obama To Voters: 'The Fate Of The World Is Teetering' On Your Shoulders

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Speaking at a Wednesday rally for Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama condemned the normalization of Donald Trump's extreme rhetoric and emphasized the stakes at play on Election Day, which is now less than a week away.

"I hate to put a little pressure on you, but the fate of the republic rests on your shoulders," Obama said at a rally at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. "The fate of the world is teetering and you, North Carolina, are going to have to make sure that we push it in the right direction."

He told voters to push away the "noise" of campaign commercials and rapid-fire news coverage, saying that the choice between Trump and Clinton "could not be simpler."

Obama cited Trump's behavior towards women, Muslims and people with disabilities, and said that being elected president would not change Trump's personality. "This office, it's about who you are and what you are and it doesn't change after you occupy the office," Obama said. "It just magnifies it."

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[Auggie]

1. He's right on the money (n/t)

[Helen Borg]

2. The republic would be in a much better place now...

If all elected officials had had the good of the republic as their goal.

[dalton99]

3. He's not exaggerating.

[Willie Pep]

4. I agree. This election is scary.

I don't recall this much hatred and anger in an election. If somebody would have told me that white nationalists would be endorsing one of the major party candidates in a presidential election in 2016 I would have laughed at them. I am not laughing now.

[ailsagirl]

5. No, he's not

[cilla4progress]

6. So does this make President Obama

a concern troll?