Obama Says It Will Be ‘Insult’ If Black Voters Don’t Turn Out
- President delivers impassioned 25-minute speech in Washington
- Obama mocks Trump in speech to mainly black audience
President Barack Obama speaks on Sept. 17, 2016, in Washington.
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President Barack Obama said if black voters fail to vote in sufficient numbers and Donald Trump wins the presidency, he will consider it a “personal insult.”
“I will consider it a personal insult, an insult to my legacy, if this community lets down its guard,” Obama said Saturday at an awards dinner hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington. “You want to give me a good send off? Go vote!”