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Obama Urges Americans To Reject Language That 'Feeds A Climate Of Fear'

In a rare political post-presidency statement, former President Barack Obama called for tighter gun laws after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. "We are not helpless here," he said.
Former President Barack Obama <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1158453079035002881">tweeted</a> Monday that Americans should reject language of "fear and hatred" from U.S. leaders. Above, he is pictured at a conference in Berlin in April.

Former President Barack Obama weighed in on the mass shootings this past weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, saying on Monday that Americans "should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of

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