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8/20/20
From the Philadelphia ground where the American experiment was born, one former president -- in a stunning prime-time address to the nation he once led -- warned that his successor was on the cusp of destroying democracy itself. Obama -- serious and intellectual -- delivered a complex constitutional lecture on primetime television during the virtual Democratic National Convention. He summoned historic sweep, encompassing the Founders, the Civil Rights Movement, America's immigrant heritage and young Americans he called to action today to save their freedoms just as their ancestors had done every time the country's promise was imperiled. Obama, now a private citizen, has no formal power and no mandate to speak to the American people the way he did Wednesday night, at a virtual convention that in its crowd-free isolation served to underscore the grave nature of his message. But he carries the authority of his historic status, the moral weight of two White House terms and enduring popularity in the half of the country revolted by Trump's abuses of power, divisive racial politics and constant cultivation of his own ego.
"Make a plan right now for how you're going to get involved and vote. Do it as early as you can and tell your family and friends how they can vote too," Obama said, accusing the Trump administration of suppressing the vote and counting on the cynicism of the people to guarantee four more years. "What we do echoes through the generations," Obama said, in what amounted to probably the most watched lecture on America's constitutional heritage in history. "I never expected that my successor would embrace my vision or continue my policies. I did hope, for the sake of our country, that Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously; that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care," Obama said. "But he never did. For close to four years now, he's shown no interest in putting in the work; no interest in finding common ground; no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends; no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves. "Donald Trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't."
Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump
A magnificent speech by former president Barack Obama. He correctly framed this election as a battle in which our democracy itself is at stake.
Mr. Obama did not pull any punches, directly blaming the COVID deaths of 170,000 Americans on Donald Trumps ineptness and apathy.
Related: [url=''https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barack-obama-called-out-donald-trump-in-his-dnc-speech-and-the-current-president-was-not-happy/ar-BB18aTO6"]Barack Obama called out Donald Trump in his DNC speech[/url]
In Trump's defense, Obama is a big reason why Trump is president.
The guy who tried to stage a coup against his successor talking about democracy is a little surreal.
Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump
A magnificent speech by former president Barack Obama. He correctly framed this election as a battle in which our democracy itself is at stake.
Mr. Obama did not pull any punches, directly blaming the COVID deaths of 170,000 Americans on Donald Trumps ineptness and apathy.
Related: [url=''https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barack-obama-called-out-donald-trump-in-his-dnc-speech-and-the-current-president-was-not-happy/ar-BB18aTO6"]Barack Obama called out Donald Trump in his DNC speech[/url]
And since when does a former president give a convention speech condemning the current president.
The guy who tried to stage a coup against his successor talking about democracy is a little surreal.
When the current President acts like a cruel, wannabe, authoritarian dictator who puts his own political career ahead that of democracy, the health and welfare of his fellow citizens, the Rule of Law, and the Republic itself.
What are you talking about? Do you even know?
Obama is a self-unaware hypocrital loon. He had 8 years to get done what he now accuses Trump of not doing...
Trump was elected because of Obama's failures.
IMHO, by saying this out loud he has given everyone who already realizes this permission to act accordingly.Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump
A magnificent speech by former president Barack Obama. He correctly framed this election as a battle in which our democracy itself is at stake.
Mr. Obama did not pull any punches, directly blaming the COVID deaths of 170,000 Americans on Donald Trumps ineptness and apathy.
Related: [url=''https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barack-obama-called-out-donald-trump-in-his-dnc-speech-and-the-current-president-was-not-happy/ar-BB18aTO6"]Barack Obama called out Donald Trump in his DNC speech[/url]
More like when the former president is a classless, political hack and needs to keep attacking to deflect from his attempted coup of his successor.
Any chance of success depends entirely on the outcome of this election. This administration has shown it will tear our democracy down if that’s what it takes to win.
More like when the former president is a classless, political hack and needs to keep attacking to deflect from his attempted coup of his successor.
Earlier generations had to be persuaded that everyone has equal worth. For you, it’s a given — a conviction. And what I want you to know is that for all its messiness and frustrations, your system of self-government can be harnessed to help you realize those convictions.
Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump
A magnificent speech by former president Barack Obama. He correctly framed this election as a battle in which our democracy itself is at stake.
Mr. Obama did not pull any punches, directly blaming the COVID deaths of 170,000 Americans on Donald Trumps ineptness and apathy.
Related: [url=''https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barack-obama-called-out-donald-trump-in-his-dnc-speech-and-the-current-president-was-not-happy/ar-BB18aTO6"]Barack Obama called out Donald Trump in his DNC speech[/url]
In Trump's defense, Obama is a big reason why Trump is president.
In our lifetimes we have never had a President who has been as craven, corrupt, and willing to use the power of office for personal gain. For those of us who are old enough, that includes Richard Nixon. Obama's was a call for sanity, patriotism, and the best aspects of our humanity. OF COURSE Trumplodytes don't understand. They don't possess those attributes.When the current President acts like a cruel, wannabe, authoritarian dictator who puts his own political career ahead that of democracy, the health and welfare of his fellow citizens, the Rule of Law, and the Republic itself.
Yes, I do. The entire Russia collusion investigation was invented by the Obama administration to either hobble or remove Trump. Obama explicitly knew it was fake but did it anyway.
Obama is a self-unaware hypocrital loon. He had 8 years to get done what he now accuses Trump of not doing...
Trump was elected because of Obama's failures.
Yes, I do. The entire Russia collusion investigation was invented by the Obama administration to either hobble or remove Trump. Obama explicitly knew it was fake but did it anyway.
Not only is that false, it's ridiculously false. Had Trump been removed by impeachment or whatever Pence would have become President. Do you say Pence was fomenting a coup?
What a stupid concept. A coup.
Don't you know that Mueller was hired by Trumps A-G office? If you don't like that the investigation happened (which would mean you approve of Russian interference) then blame Trump. If his administration hadn't hired Mueller and told him what to do, it wouldn't have happened.
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