Obama is all of a sudden very involved about what the occasion in energy can do to rig elections and weaponize the federal government towards perceived political enemies. What curious timing.
Whereas talking on the ‘Democracy Discussion board’ the previous president talked in regards to the risks of extremism and polarization. Isn’t it unusual how that is all simply changing into a priority for him now?
Obama is aware of his occasion simply obtained worn out however he nonetheless doesn’t appear to know why.
The Washington Examiner reviews:
Obama scorns ‘doom loop’ of political extremism after Democrats’ election defeat
Former President Barack Obama criticized the political “doom loop” created by politicians who painting their opponents as “enemies to be vanquished” simply weeks after he warned voters about now President-elect Donald Trump whereas campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Throughout his keynote handle Thursday in regards to the significance of pluralism on the Obama Basis’s third Democracy Discussion board in Chicago, the previous president reiterated his criticism of media firms for “enjoying to the extremes” and politicians who undertake “a maximalist place on virtually each subject.”…
“Since complete victory is unimaginable in a rustic politically break up down the center, the result’s a doom loop of presidency gridlock, even higher polarization, wilder rhetoric, and a deepening conviction amongst partisans that the opposite facet is breaking the foundations and has rigged the sport to tip it of their favor,” Obama advised the gang Thursday…
To that finish, Obama underscored that pluralism is “not about holding palms and singing Kumbaya” however “about recognizing that any democratic energy comes from forging alliances and constructing coalitions and making room in these coalitions, not just for the woke but additionally for the waking.”
Right here’s a clip from the occasion:
NEW: Obama says Republicans are those who rig elections and weaponize the justice system whereas talking at a “Democracy Discussion board.”
The remark was so outrageous that Obama might barely get the phrases out of his mouth.
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 6, 2024
Obama sounds like a man who knows payback is coming and is already going on defense. He is trying to rally the troops of the left.
