(CNN) Former President Barack Obama said the election results, in which each candidates received more than 70 million votes, show the nation remains bitterly split. "What it says is that we are still deeply divided. Asked by King if that worries him, the former President responded, "Yes. Obama has done a series of interviews timed to the release of the first volume of his memoir, "The Promised Land," which will be available November 17. Obama, the country's first Black president, also confronts the racist politics of President Donald Trump, suggesting his 2008 election opened a wave of bitter and divisive turmoil that fueled Republicans' obstructionism and ultimately changed the party.

Source: The Nation November 15, 2020 17:37 UTC