Obama says U.S. 'not as divided as some have suggested'

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/09/politics/obama-says-u-s-not-as-divided-as-some-have-suggested/index.html

Obama says U.S. 'not as divided as some have suggested'


By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer

Updated 5:49 PM ET, Sat July 9, 2016

Warsaw, Poland (CNN)Frankly acknowledging a "tough week" in the United States after anxious days of shootings and racial tensions, President Barack Obama said Saturday that he did not believe the United States was "as divided as some have suggested."
"There is sorrow, there is anger, there is confusion about next steps," Obama said during a news conference in Poland. "But there's unity in recognizing that this is not how we want our communities to operate. This is not who we want to be as Americans."

Speaking for the third time in Poland about the gun violence that's seized communities in the United States, Obama said the situation didn't resemble the periods of mass social unrest in the 1960s.
"You're not seeing riots, you're not seeing police going after people who are protesting peacefully," he said.
But he acknowledged a ramped-up anxiety that's descended on Americans as they watch seemingly unfettered violence on urban streets.

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"But there's unity in recognizing that this is not how we want our communities to operate. This is not who we want to be as Americans."

Whenever he uses "we," he sure as hell isn't talking about most of us. This isn't his country, and I'm tired of his presuming to know what we Americans think, feel and believe (cf. bitterly clinging to guns and religion).