"I've seen that beauty in so many ways over the years"......
Posted on 07/27/2019 4:21:21 PM PDT by ransomnote
Former President Barack Obama, who doesn't often comment on current politics, seemed to endorse on Saturday an op-ed written by 148 African Americans who served in his administration that called out President Donald Trump for recent comments degrading four congresswomen of color.
"I've always been proud of what this team accomplished during my administration. But more than what we did, I'm proud of how they're continuing to fight for an America that's better," Obama tweeted with a link to the op-ed published Friday evening in The Washington Post.
Under the headline, "We are African Americans, we are patriots, and we refuse to sit idly by," the former Obama administration officials vowed to stand up against the "racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia . . . wielded by the president and any elected official complicit in the poisoning of our democracy."
"There is truly nothing more un-American than calling on fellow citizens to leave our country - by citing their immigrant roots, or ancestry, or their unwillingness to sit in quiet obedience while democracy is being undermined," they wrote.
After Trump tweeted that four minority lawmakers should "go back" to the places they were from and a crowd of Trump supporters chanted "Send her back!" at the mention of Rep. Ilhan Omar, R-Minn., a Somali refugee who became a U.S. citizen in 2000, at a campaign rally, most Democrats became indignant.
Even former first lady Michelle Obama, who also shies away from Trump-era outrage, made known her disdain for Trump's comments.
"What truly makes our country great is its diversity," Michelle Obama tweeted, an apparent reference to Trump's campaign slogan. "I've seen that beauty in so many ways over the years.
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Former President Barack Obama, who doesn’t often comment on current politics...
Where? In what Bizzaro universe???
Hey Barry! STFU! You had your shot and did nothing but sit on your ass eating ice cream for eight years.
LOL Barry and Mike!
No one played the race card more than Obummer.
Hey B.O.! Picture Trump with a broom, and dustpan cleaning up after your ass.
That’s rich. The guy that sent racial relations back 30 years says this.
I waited eight very long years for that.
0bama’s mad because Trump supplied the antidote for the poison you spread across America and the world bashing the US.
Hey, @$$clown, this is a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC. as the forefathers envisioned AND created. Take your “majority rules” elsewhere and bask in the ignorance. FOOL
Racial tensions were at a record low when he won office (i.e. he won office). They were at a record high when he left office.
Panic response to Trump’s shot across the bow.
Clinging bitterly to their guns and Bibles.
The police acted stupidly.
He could have been one of my sons.
Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson ‘stains the heart of black children’
Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care?
Obama Tells GOP “They Can Come For The Ride, But They Have To Sit In Back.”
The walls are closing in.
This POS also congratulated those from his admins who resist trump. Sounds like aiding and abetting sedition and I hope they hang him.
"I've seen that beauty in so many ways over the years"......
The Kenyanesian Usurper speaks........
False indignation!
pretty brazen...he needs an orange jumpsuit.
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