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All In with Chris Hayes

Obama rips Trump on campaign trail: ‘For Trump, freedom is getting away with stuff’

All In with Chris Hayes

MSNBC

Biden, Climate Change, Politics, Washington, Policy, Congress, Election, News, Trump, Government, President, Democracy, Senate, Msnbc

4.65.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Guests: Alexi McCammond, Rep. Summer Lee, Kevin Carroll, Secretary Pete Buttigieg The first campaign event for the 44th president. Tonight: the Obama case against Trump. Then, how one MAGA lawmaker is now backtracking on her own lies. Plus, Pete Buttigieg joins live on the ongoing hurricane recovery efforts.

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Now, one of those values is free.

0:06.6

And during election time, there are a lot of flags

0:09.8

and there's a lot of talk about freedom.

0:17.0

So let me talk about that just for a second. Because I don't think we've ever had an election with candidates who understand freedom more differently.

0:25.0

For Donald Trump and his cronies,

0:30.0

freedom means that the powerful can do whatever they please.

0:35.0

Fire workers for trying to organize a union,

0:41.0

Dodge paying their fair share of taxes, try to throw out your votes when

0:46.9

they lose an election. Control what women can and can't do with their bodies.

0:56.0

In other words, for Trump, freedom is getting away with stuff. It's like he said in the middle of the pandemic.

1:13.6

I don't take any responsibility at all.

1:16.8

People were dying.

1:18.0

I don't take any responsibility at all.

1:20.7

Not sure any other president has ever uttered that statement.

1:27.0

We have a broader idea of freedom.

1:31.0

We believe in the freedom to provide for our families if we're willing to work.

1:36.0

The freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and send our kids to school without worrying if they come home.

1:45.0

We believe that true freedom gives each of us the right to make decisions about our own

1:50.8

life, how we worship, who we marry, what our family looks like. And real freedom also means that we're going to disagree on how each of us should live our lives.

2:22.0

And we have to respect other people's views on these issues.

2:28.0

You know, I've always said there are good people of conscience on both sides of the abortion divide. I respect anyone whose faith

2:38.0

tells them that it isn't something they support. But if we believe in freedom then we should at least

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