Obama writes that Biden told him of how McConnell had blocked one of his bills. He was like the character in a spy movie “who double-crosses everyone to save his own skin,” Obama writes. “This is what separates even the most liberal writers from their conservative counterparts — the willingness to flay politicians on their own side,” Obama writes. ADIt was “the fault line of race,” Obama writes, that constantly threatened his progress and that of the country. The irony of his presidency, Obama writes, is that he was often misunderstood.

Source: Washington Post November 13, 2020 20:32 UTC