Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses a pair of campaign-style speeches President Obama delivered in Illinois and California. Kokai offered these comments during the Sept. 14, 2018, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
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