Obama zooms into Boston to accept JFK Profile in Courage Award
Former president Barack Obama, sporting a black bowtie and big smile, zoomed into Dorchester Sunday evening to receive the annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award and deliver one his highest-profile speeches since departing the White House.
It comes just days after the GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to repeal his signature health care law, known as Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act.
Obama, in the back seat of an SUV in a multi-vehicle motorcade, waved to about 60 supporters who had gathered on Bianculli Boulevard, along the route to the Library, to give the Democrat a “standing ovation.” They cheered and held signs like “We Miss You.”
Meanwhile, scores of the top players in Massachusetts politics, business, education, philanthropy, religion, arts, and sports made their way down the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.
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