14 Important Issues President Obama’s Discussed at Final Press Conference

Did watch President Obama’s final press conference?

President Obama shared his accomplishments during his 8 years of service to the US and discussed Russia’s interference with our 2016 Election. After President Obama leaves office he intend to continue to work with organizations and citizens doing good across the country to build on the progress made during his term.

Here are 14 most important items President Obama shared:

1. When President Obama was preparing to take office unemployment was at 10%, today it is at 4.6%. Lowest in a decade.
2. Since President Obama signed Obamacare into law, businesses have added more than 15 million new jobs, and the economy undoubtedly more durable than it was in the days when we relied on oil from unstable nations and banks took risky bets with your money.
3. When President Obama was preparing to take office there were 44 million uninsured citizens. More than 20 million uninsured citizens have coverage because of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Today more than 90% of American have insurance coverage.
4. America’s dependence on foreign oil has been cut in half.
5. America’s poverty rate dropped at fastest rate in 50 years. Median household rate grew.
6. The Stock market has tripled.
7. Over the past eight years no foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed an attack on our homeland that was directed from overseas. Through diplomacy, the Obama Administration has ensured Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon without going to war with Iran.
8. US government endorses CIA findings. CIA investigation found that nature, scope and intent of election propaganda introduced by Russia was intended to get Trump elected. This is a bipartisan issue.
9. If you think CIA, FBI, NSA Intelligence agencies are less trustworthy than the Russians, then you need to listen what the intelligence agencies are saying.
10. Russia can’t impact us. However, they can impact us if we abandon our values. Our vulnerability to Russia or any other foreign power is directly related to how divided, partisan, dysfunctional our political process is. That’s the thing that makes us vulnerable.
11. Hillary Clinton was not treated fairly during the election.
12. President Obama did not comment on what electors should do on electing president elect.
13. People are just watching what reinforces their existing biases as opposed to having to listen to different points of view.
14. There was a survey some of you saw where — not this just one poll, but pretty credible source, 37 percent of Republican voters approve of Putin. Over a third of Republican voters approve of Vladimir Putin, the former head of the KGB. Ronald Reagan would roll over in his grave. And how did that happen? It happened in part because for too long, everything that happens in this town, everything that’s said is seen through the lens of does this help or hurt us relative to Democrats or relative to President Obama. And unless that changes, we’re going to continue to be vulnerable to foreign influence because we’ve lost track of what it is that we’re about and what we stand for. How is it that we have voters and elected officials who think a foreign official is more influential than our neighbors.

- Obama out! #micdrop

What talking points stood out to you? Do you think we are going to become more critical thinkers during the next four years?