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		</div><p>US president Barack Obama has said he is deeply disturbed by the &#8220;vulgar and divisive rhetoric&#8221; directed at women and minorities, as well as the violence in the 2016 presidential campaign.</p>
<p>Without mentioning Republican front-runner Donald Trump by name, Mr Obama used a St Patrick&#8217;s Day luncheon at the Capitol to express his concern with the political discourse and the protests that have escalated to attacks at Trump rallies.</p>
<p>Mr Trump has spoken of barring Muslims and deporting immigrants living in the US illegally.</p>
<p>Mr Obama received a standing ovation at the conclusion of his remarks assailing the tenor of the campaign and pleading for civility.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have heard vulgar and divisive rhetoric aimed at women and minorities, and Americans that don&#8217;t look like us or pray like us or vote like we do,&#8221; Mr Obama said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have seen misguided attempts to shut down that speech, however offensive it may be.</p>
<p>&#8220;We live in a country where free speech is one of the most important rights that we hold. In response to those events we&#8217;ve seen actual violence, and we&#8217;ve heard silence from too many of our leaders,&#8221; Mr Obama said.</p>
<p>The president reminded the audience of Republicans and Democrats that the world is watching the US candidates and what they say.</p>
<p>&#8220;In America there aren&#8217;t laws that say we have to be nice to each other &#8230; But there are norms, there are customs, there are values that our parents taught us and that we try to teach to our children,&#8221; the president said.</p>
<p>Mr Obama said that while some may bear more of the blame for the climate, everyone bears responsibility for reversing it.</p>
<p>Mr Trump&#8217;s political rivals and others blame him for sowing division, rather than unity, across the country. Mr Trump said he has done no such thing and calls himself a &#8220;uniter&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is a cycle that is not an accurate reflection of America. It has to stop,&#8221; Mr Obama said.</p>
<p>&#8220;And I say that not as a matter of political correctness, it&#8217;s about the way that corrosive behaviour can undermine our democracy, and our society.&#8221;</p>
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