Posted on 11/25/2020 1:21:00 PM PST by rickmichaels
Former President Barack Obama said Republicans made white men think of themselves as victims Wednesday - and that Donald Trump's surprise success with Hispanic voters was partly because of his appeal to evangelical voters.
He explained in an interview Wednesday with The Breakfast Club that what motivates people to vote is often about 'the stories that are being told.'
'What's always interesting to me, is the degree to which we've created, you've seen created, in Republican politics, this sense that white males are victims. They're the ones who are like under attack,' Obama noted. 'Which doesn't jive with both history and data, and economics.'
Obama was trying to explain to hosts Charlamagne tha God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee what motivated Americans in this past election to vote for President Donald Trump.
'The question though is, you still had 70 million people voting for a government that I would say objectively has failed miserably in handling just basic looking after the American people and keeping them safe. Why is that?' Obama mused.
He had just been speaking about the coronavirus pandemic, saying that if Trump had kept some of the pandemic infrastructure in place from the Obama administration, 'We would have saved some lives.'
Obama then pointed to the broader political narrative.
'The story that they're hearing from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh and, in some cases, inside their churches is that Democrats don't believe in Christmas, only care about minorities and black folks and trying to take your stuff and trying to take your guns away,' the former president explained.
With white male victimhood, Obama called it a 'sincere belief, that's been internalized.'
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keep talking, Barry. The only dem you ever benefited was yourself. You got everyone other dem exterminated by saying sh*t exactly like that.
Ahnold probably agrees with Obama.
I will say this again. I totally despise this POS. I wish him whatever horror can befall him.
He wouldn’t have had to do that if Democrats hadn’t ACTUALLY made republicans and white people victims.
I have been for the last 40 years due to my values and viewpoint, even though married to a Mexican. Obama, no words exist in the English language to describe my intense dislike for the words/ideas that come from you. It has NOTHING to do with your race. You're nothing but a contentious troublemaker.
For the last four years 0bama has been ostensibly heading a “shadow government” right down the street from The White House, when it was in reality it is an open pit of SEDITION and TREASON and should be dealt with accordingly!
Unity!
Obama needs to emulate Ted Kennedy. Soon.
Actually, white men have been disappeared.
Look at most commercials and play “spot the white man.”
Pretty much the impression I got too. He keeps this up and the midterms will be a red wave.
White Lives Matter
The only racism I see in our society is racism by dark skinned people against white people.
JoMa
Obama and Holder are going to be the real President/VP.
These two clowns are only for show.
Not with the way this past election was conducted.
People forget Obama had worse approval ratings than Trump. Worst president in history.
Let the healing begin!
It’s more than Hispanic evangelicals that are running to Trump, it’s pretty much all the Hispanics that believe in God. “Social conservative” defines 90% of Hispanics very well.
Obamasplaining isn’t a good look.
Obama is a racist rump ranger, who loves Big Mike’s organic gluten-free cucumber
We all are victims of The Greatest Fraud Ever.
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