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Obama says 'Fox News in every bar and restaurant' helped Trump win election
The Washington Examiner ^ | November 30, 2016 | Sarah Westwood

Posted on 11/30/2016 7:41:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

President Obama said Fox News "in every bar and restaurant," coupled with social media, contributed to Hillary Clinton's surprising defeat on Nov. 8 by preventing voters from learning what benefits the Democrats had delivered to them.

During an interview with Rolling Stone on Nov. 9 and published Tuesday, Obama dismissed the suggestion that his party had overlooked the "cohort of working-class white voters" that gave President-elect Trump his upset victory.

"Part of it is Fox News in every bar and restaurant in big chunks of the country," Obama said. "But part of it is also Democrats not working at a grassroots level, being in there, showing up, making arguments. That part of the critique of the Democratic Party is accurate."

Obama argued his administration had actually boosted the blue-collar communities that swung so hard for Trump after voting for Obama in 2008 and 2012, citing the survival of the auto industry in Michigan as an example....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hillary; obama; obama2016election; obamainterview; trump; whites
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Obsessed.
1 posted on 11/30/2016 7:41:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And MSDNC is on every Starbucks in the country. How did that work out.


2 posted on 11/30/2016 7:42:33 PM PST by McGruff (Mitt Romney - The Vicious Snake)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pathetic loser.


3 posted on 11/30/2016 7:45:09 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep. That’s the only reason he won. Anyway...need help packing?


4 posted on 11/30/2016 7:45:18 PM PST by albie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh yeah, The Deplorables just hang around bars and restaurants 24/7 and bob their heads up and down agreeing with everything said on FNC.

Right,idiot.

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5 posted on 11/30/2016 7:45:48 PM PST by Mears
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

An idiot as usual. Trump was the last person anyone on FOXnews wanted to become President.


6 posted on 11/30/2016 7:46:04 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That man sure has access to good weed.

Good grief - CNN and their ilk have Fox by at least 20:1 in public places, even here in flyover country. At least!


7 posted on 11/30/2016 7:47:10 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

liberal lies taught in every school and college kept Trump from winning all 50 states!

see how that works Hussian !


8 posted on 11/30/2016 7:47:26 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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I just saw a clip of O’Reilly on Youtube from tonight and he had on Bernie Goldberg, who I didn’t know was a Trump basher, because I don’t watch Fox. Go back to the Democrat Party Bernie.


9 posted on 11/30/2016 7:47:58 PM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Certainly there was no Faux News in those bars where the Towel Boy and Reggie Love hang out, the ones all around Dupont Circle.


10 posted on 11/30/2016 7:48:18 PM PST by Bedford Forrest (Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What a pathetic little man


11 posted on 11/30/2016 7:48:23 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fox didn’t support Trump. Kelly,Shep, Rove, Gutfeld, Perino, Goldberg, Murdoch. Other names I forget.


12 posted on 11/30/2016 7:49:08 PM PST by Williams (Trump You Magnificent Bastard!)
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That too. With the exception of Hannity and Judge Jeanine...

Fox Business was a little more balanced, but where does one see them in public? I don’t think I ever have!


13 posted on 11/30/2016 7:49:14 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I've (involuntarily) seen CNN (the net that conspired with Brazile and Hillary to CHEAT in a presidential debate) in bars (not that many, I do not frequent them), airports, and even a government building.

Luckily, I also watch FOX, and I am completely able to listen, compare, and decide for myself.

14 posted on 11/30/2016 7:49:25 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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Far, far, far more likely to have ESPN, Fox Sports or NFL Sunday Ticket.
15 posted on 11/30/2016 7:49:34 PM PST by KarlInOhio (" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
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To: McGruff

Very few places show Fox, they tend to show CNN.


16 posted on 11/30/2016 7:50:08 PM PST by Williams (Trump You Magnificent Bastard!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump saved those Carrier jobs by getting them to watch Fox News.


17 posted on 11/30/2016 7:50:49 PM PST by ari-freedom (The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

ahhhhh, now we know why Trump won.


18 posted on 11/30/2016 7:51:04 PM PST by Democrats hate too much
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To: Williams

Every airport and hotel restaurant in America has CNN on. I honestly cannot think of a single establishment where I’ve seen Fox News on.


19 posted on 11/30/2016 7:54:03 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Mears

LOL, there are a lot of us who wouldn’t be caught dead watching the pathetic thing called television.


20 posted on 11/30/2016 7:54:56 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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