Now that 2016 is over, there are only a few days remaining before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. But before his inauguration, President Obama took the stage in Chicago to say his farewells to America as President.
While addressing the nation for one last time, the President wanted to remind everyone that it is up to the people, not the president, to uphold the values of our country. What’s more, that people should continue to be politically engaged so political conversations can still happen, even if everyone doesn’t agree.He wanted to remind Americans that dividing people based on backgrounds, color, sexuality, and religion is harmful to everyone.
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Most importantly, he wanted to share his accomplishments of his administration – no foreign terrorist attack on US soil, more Americans with health insurance, legalizing same-sex marriage, killing Osama bin Laden – and remind everyone that it wasn’t just him, he didn’t do it alone. President Obama’s achievements in his eight years were thanks to the Americans who helped him get there in the first place.
“Yes we can. Yes we did. Yes we can.”
Many people have taken to Twitter to express their gratitude for the President, as well as mourn his stepping down. Here are how a few celebrities oare reacting to his farewell speech.
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Maria Shriver
“You have made me proud and you made the country proud.” Love the way this president talks about his wife. So moving. #FarewellObama
— Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) January 11, 2017
Kumail Nanjiani
I don’t think anything could make this speech better.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 11, 2017
*Bruce Springsteen starts playing*
I stand corrected. #FarewellObama
Holly Marie Combs
History will show, as hindsight crystalizes, how extraordinary this man, his family are and how lucky we were to have them. #FarewellObama
— Holly Marie Combs (@H_Combs) January 11, 2017
Gina Rodriguez
And @FLOTUS Come on meow. You are just a Queen. Absolute Queen!?????? #FarewellObama
— Gina Rodriguez (@HereIsGina) January 11, 2017
Nyle DiMarco
Obama’s final speech is tonight… you’ll be missed!!!! #FarewellObama
— Nyle DiMarco (@NyleDiMarco) January 10, 2017
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Ellen DeGeneres
Obama’s final speech is tonight… you’ll be missed!!!! #FarewellObama
— Nyle DiMarco (@NyleDiMarco) January 10, 2017
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Kristen Schaal
Obama’s final speech is tonight… you’ll be missed!!!! #FarewellObama
— Nyle DiMarco (@NyleDiMarco) January 10, 2017
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Stephen King
Hope you enjoyed Obama’s speech. You won’t hear anything so cogent and kind for a long time. So, with complete sincerity: THANKS, OBAMA.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 11, 2017
Zendaya
Me watching my president Obama’s farewell address tonight…I’m not gonna be able to do it y’all… pic.twitter.com/RQoaY5HEPV
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) January 11, 2017
Ashley Judd
Our dear @POTUS just re democratized power and handed #America over to…..us. #FarewellSpeech
— ashley judd (@AshleyJudd) January 11, 2017
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