Former President Barack Obama privately met with freshman House Democrats to share advice on the key fight they face while opposing the Trump administration.

Nearly three dozen newly elected lawmakers met at the Capitol Hill home of Rep. Rosa DeLauro for the event hosted by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to Politico, where Obama shared his wisdom.

“I get feeling discouraged sometimes,” Obama said Wednesday night, according to excerpts provided by his office to Politico. ”I get feeling worn out, tired, and embattled. But in our second term, Denis McDonough, my chief of staff, used to pass out stickers based on a conversation that he and I had had that talked about, ‘we do not succumb to cynicism — cynicism is our enemy.’ And it’s pervasive in this town.”

“And that, I think, is o

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