More than 200 years ago. Today he is trying to disarm American citizens. Talking out of his butt hole again. How are we to defend freedom if we are unarmed?
Obama: Freedom doesn't just happen, must be defended daily
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE , Associated Press
Jul. 4, 2016 10:15 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, marking his final Fourth of July in the White House, said freedom isn't something that "just happens" but must be defended every single day.
Obama said it's important that people remember what "a miracle" the U.S. is and how "incredibly lucky we are that people generations ago were willing to take up arms and fight for our freedom."
"Independence is not something that just happens," he said during brief remarks to several hundred people in the White House East Room after rain forced cancellation for the second straight year of an annual barbecue on the South Lawn for some 5,000 military service members, veterans and their families.
"It's something that we have to fight for every single day," Obama said. "It's something that we have to nurture and we have to spread the word and we have to work on."
Freedom involves respecting each other and recognizing the hardships faced by fellow citizens, such as hunger and unemployment, said Obama, who spoke after about an hour's worth of hip-shaking musical performances by rapper Kendrick Lamar and singer-songwriter Janelle Monae.