Conflict Coming： Neither Side Is Backing Down
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Summary
Learn English with Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on the night of the election results were announced. Michelle also delivers a statement on the results of the vote count and calls for an independent commission to investigate the process.
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We're gonna change the course of the country and quite frankly the world.
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It's not only that Trump has to lose, but that all his enablers have to lose.
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They have to, we have to collectively in essence burn down the Republican party.
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What we should be doing is shunning these people.
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A fish like flailing on the deck, like on a dock.
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We need to have a list of everybody who enabled Donald Trump.
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I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify.
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Now more than ever, we need each other to listen.
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And we're gonna have this list and you won't be able to sit on the company board.
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With the crap that I've had to deal with over the last four years.
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A campaign of personal destruction against people with whom they disagree.
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Shunning, shaming these people is a statement of moral indignation.
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Of what we can do together because you know we can do anything.
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That these people are not fit for polite society.
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You don't have to worry if the president's gonna be happy to have babies snatched away or send dreamers back for no reason.
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Because trust shows that we believe in the good in each other.
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I sought this office to restore the soul of America.
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If there are survivors, if there are people who weather this storm, they will do it again.
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Not from a normal White House where typically you've got a lot of offers.
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And people calling you n****, b**** and all kinds of things.
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The African American community stood up again for me.
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Progressives, moderates, conservatives, young, old, urban, suburban, rural, gay, straight, transgender,
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We have only begun the process of obtaining an accurate,
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The administration in any way by failure to recognize our win.
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And we want every illegal vote to be discarded.
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There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.
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Why can't poll watchers simply observe the count?
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We're putting together our administration, the White House.
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Tabulation and canvassing continues across the United States.
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When the process is complete, there'll be electors selected.
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The fact that they're not willing to acknowledge we won at this point.
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There were over 682,000 ballots that were tabulated outside the view of our observers who are entitled by law to review those ballots.
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Is not of much consequence in our planning and what we're able to do between now and January 20th.
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We are within our rights to look into these irregularities.
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The lawsuit takes us one step closer to closing the gap in the vote differential in Pennsylvania.
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The president himself says he has won this election.
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His own administration has not moved forward to give you access to what you need to do to begin the work of your transition.
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131 affidavits have been completed just in Michigan with over 2800 incident reports that have been submitted to us since election day.
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Two new lawsuits were filed today by people who were working who were working in Detroit.
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And it ain't over till every vote is counted. Every ballot is counted.
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And a whistleblower who has gotten their information, we have gotten their information to the Eastern District Court of Michigan.
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We've won with the most votes ever cast on presidential ticket in the history of the nation.
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And with 2800 incident reports, this is a lot to track down.
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The world should have every confidence that the transition necessary to make sure that the State Department is functional today.
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Successful today and successful with the president who's in office on January 20th, a minute afternoon will also be successful.
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We're seeing all over this nation, all cities in all parts of the country, indeed across the world, an outpouring of joy, of hope, renewed faith in tomorrow.
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We have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies.