Barack Obama delivered a powerful message calling for voters to protect American democracy during the third night of the Democratic national convention.

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The former president argued that Donald Trump’s potential re-election posed an existential threat to the country’s democratic values and institutions, and he implored voters to 'embrace your own responsibility as citizens' before November’s election.

'This administration has shown it will tear our democracy down if that’s what it takes to win,' Obama warned. 'So we have to get busy building it up – by pouring all our effort into these 76 days, and by voting like never before'

Harris makes history and Obama issues warning: key takeaways from the DNC's third night ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/19/dnc-night-three-kamala-harris-barack-obama

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