Obama Defiant in Weekly Address: I'll Continue to Act on My Own

Saturday in his weekly address, President Barack Obama continued to threaten lawmakers that he would “act on his own” if they refused to accept his agenda because he claimed republican obstructionism is keeping the system “rigged against the middle class.”

“This obstruction keeps the system rigged for those at the top, and rigged against the middle class. And as long as they insist on doing it, I’ll keep taking actions on my own – like the actions I’ve taken already to attract new jobs, lift workers’ wages, and help students pay off their loans,”  Obama said. “I’ll do my job, and if it makes Republicans in Congress mad that I’m trying to help people out, they can join me, and we’ll do it together.”

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