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The president [Barack Obama] did introduce a jobs bill that could not clear Congress. The Republicans simply would not work with him.
Julianne Malveaux
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Julianne Malveaux
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 22
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Julianne Marie Malveaux
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As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President [Barack] Obama, nor my support of him when he ran for the Senate before that. I get excited as I ever did when I see that black man on Air Force One. But I won't settle for symbolism, and our President's record should be open for analysis.
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Obviously these conditions [violence, poverty] predate the [Barack] Obama presidency and the president has limited ways to dent this violence. But funding war weapons in cities, as opposed to more community policing, is not the solution.
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While the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes.
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Indeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a second term.
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The Task Force didn't produce any earth-shattering findings but it suggests that this matter is on the president's radar screen.
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Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward.
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I think that ranked-choice voting makes a lot of sense.
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Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color.
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Bernie Sanders just seems to not have the personality to engage with people at the grassroots level.
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While people are prepared to talk about Social Security, about marriage equality, about any number of other issues, people are not prepared - your layperson is not prepared to have a conversation about foreign policy.
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Cutting HBCUs was unconscionable. Implementing new regulations on Parent Plus loans, which cost HBCUs 28,000 students, was hostile. At the same time, it is important to note that, except for his first two years, which were a missed opportunity, President [Barack] Obama faced rabid opposition from the Republicans.
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Always firmly believing in a higher power, I have also always been in search of a spiritual peace.
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People will be talking about the [Barack] Obama legacy for decades, and I wanted to include my voice in the analysis of this presidency.
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I think the takeaway from not holding President Obama accountable is, no matter how enthusiastic you are about Hillary Clinton, no matter how enthusiastic you are, the first thing that needs to happen is that people need to start planning how to hold her accountable.
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Trayvon Martin could have been any of our sons, so I was not especially moved by that remark of President [Barack] Obama's.
Julianne Malveaux
If the Muslim community in Michigan comes out strongly, I think they will make a difference.
Julianne Malveaux
African-American people adore President Obama.
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There's no great, white bigot there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.
Julianne Malveaux
Bernie Sanders has the momentum, and I think that that's something that we can't ignore.
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We didn't hold President Obama as accountable as we might have.
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