In Final Address To U.S. Troops, Obama Sends Warning Shot To Trump
In his final address to the United States military today in Tampa, Florida, President Obama exhorted them to stand for the tenets of freedom here at home and abroad. At the end, he also called upon them to stand strong for the rights of people right here in this country.
Transcript, via ShareBlue:
So let my final words to you, as your Commander-in-Chief, be a reminder of what it is that you are fighting for, what it is that we are fighting for. The United States of America is not a country that imposes religious tests as a price for freedom. We’re a country that was founded so that people could practice their faiths as they choose. The United States of America is not a place where some citizens have to withstand greater scrutiny, or carry a special I.D. Card, or prove that they are not an enemy from within. We are a country that has bled and struggled and sacrificed against that kind of discrimination and arbitrary rule, here in our own country and around the world.