'Our elections matter to everyone.' Barack Obama has a few words to U.S. voters. (via CNBCMakeIt)
, he said. And that has implications not only for the handling of universal crises but also other, seemingly localized issues, such as racial inequality and the rise of extremism.
"That contest of ideas is playing itself out around the world," he noted. "And so our elections matter to everyone; we set a tone."In exercising the right to vote, Obama — the U.S.'s 44th president and a Democrat — urged people on both sides of the political aisle to "look squarely at the facts." "If you look at Covid, it is important for us to acknowledge 200,000 people have died. Our performance in handling the pandemic has not been on par with other wealthy, advanced nations, whether in Europe or Asia, and why is that?"
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