WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Saturday
night he will take it as a "personal insult" if the African-American
community fails to turn out for the presidential election and encouraged black
voters to support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Obama delivered his final keynote address to the
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, symbolically passing the torch to the
person he hopes will succeed him next year. Clinton, his former secretary of
state, was honored for becoming the first female presidential nominee of a
major party.
Obama said his name may not be on the ballot, but issues
of importance to the black community were, including justice, good schools and
ending mass incarceration.
"I will consider it a personal insult, an insult to
my legacy if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in
this election," Obama said with a stern look and booming passion.
"You want to give me a good send-off, go vote."
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