Posted on 12/02/2020 2:47:44 AM PST by rickmichaels
Former president Barack Obama has criticized the usage of the 'defund the police' slogan and warns that the 'white population' is fearful that the 'African American community' will get out of control with police reform.
Obama made the remarks in two separate interviews, one with CNN analyst April Ryan and the other for a segment on Peter Hamby's Snapchat show Good Luck America.
The interview with Hamby is set to air Wednesday morning and shows Obama telling the host that 'snappy' slogans like 'defund the police' can alienate people.
'You lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you're actually going to get the changes you want done,' Obama told Hamby, according to Axios.
Protesters have continued to push 'defund the police' since the Memorial Day death of George Floyd, who died under the knee of a white Milwaukee cop, as well as other black Americans, including Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks, who were killed by law enforcement.
Their chant has become a rallying cry — and a stick for President Donald Trump to use on Democrats as he portrays them as soft on crime.
Supporters say it isn't about eliminating police departments or stripping agencies of all of their money.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I’d say black victims of crime perpetrated by other blacks ain’t too keen on the war on police, either, Barry.
Neither are blacks worried about becoming victims of crime perpetrated by other blacks.
You can’t unring a bell, Barry.
Minorities want safe neighborhoods, good schools, good jobs, too.
And you don’t want that for them.
They get it now.
Racist Kenyan garbage. More like the blacks fear the blacks when they defund the police.
You said it better.
But not all....most is bad parenting....and "I don't care" attitude.
It must be a bitch to be him with his "white side" always fighting and fearful of his "black side". Just imagine the daily conflicting internal dialog in his brain?
Abandoned by both his parents, he is one sick & hateful individual.
Obamasplaining: a racist dunce is intoxicated by his ramblings.
Barack is a racist who constantly stokes race wars.
JoMa
Wow. What a bigoted thing to say. Sounds like he’s gone back to attending Rev. Wright’s church again.
It’s as if he’s saying, “Without police, black people will destroy civilization.” And somehow, that’s “anti-racist”?
One reason crime is so rampant in some neighborhoods is the law-abiding populace fears retribution from criminals if they cooperate with law enforcement. So they don’t cooperate, which enables and emboldens the criminals.
Hey Ears!
Here’s a ‘snappy’ slogan for you:
Go entertain yourself.
Don’t forget Mr. Peanut!
With any luck, Obama and his (gag) wife will decide to do their famous “kiss of death” campaign act in Georgia......
More mulatto bravo sierra
Mmmmm..........he’s not as obnoxious as the other two......borne out of sheer incompetency.
They promised a big blue wave of Democratic victories across the country. But a red tidal wave rolled in from coast to coast
So, how bad did the losses wound Dems? For starters, Nancy Pelosi planned a gain of 10-12 Dem House seats.
<><> but Dems lost, at last count, nine seats........w/ some seats that look promising for Repubs still unresolved.
<><> the real carnage was in the state houses.
<><> the GOP gained a total of 192 House and 40 Senate seats.
<><> Republicans flipped control of three chambers.
<><> Republicans now have majority control in both House and Senate chambers in 31 of 50 states.
<><> Democrats control only 18 states.
<><> the map of the USA is almost solid red throughout middle America,
<><> only the rusting Northeast and the West Coast are blue.
<><> Most progressive state ballot issues — from tax increases to racial preferences — came crashing down.
<><> and the redistricting apparat is safely in the hands of Republicans.
The massive turnout for Trump proved those ralliers vote in droves. Yes, Trump’s coattails pulled in hundreds of Republicans —
but Dems rank vote fraud gave Americans a senile, half-cocked President who heads a Crime Family of greedy, practiced grifters.
One of this “eternal president’s bright ideas” flopped bigtime.
In Massive Blow To Obama and Holder, Republicans Handily Won Virtually Almost Every House Race
Huge Loss for Obama’s dream: a permanent Dem majority
Thegatewaypundit.com ^ | November 20 2020 | Mike LaChance / FR Posted by SmokingJoe
.....one aspect of the 2020 race is being overlooked even though it’s huge. Not only did Republicans make considerable gains in the House, that no one expected, they won most of the races that will entail redistricting. This is like a double loss for Democrats Every 10 years, after the census, congressional and state legislature districts are redrawn to maximize the number of districts that favor their party — a tactic known as gerrymandering. And as we wrote last month, the 2020 election represented the last chance for voters to weigh in on who would draw those maps.
Both parties went into the election with a chance to draw more congressional districts than the other, but the end result was just about the best-case scenario for end result was just about the best-case scenario for Republicans. As the map below shows, Republicans are set to control the redistricting of 188 congressional seats — or 43 percent of the entire House of Representatives. By contrast, Democrats will control the redistricting of, at most, 73 seats, or 17 percent.
How did Republicans pull that off? By winning almost every 2020 election in which control of redistricting was at stake… (Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
latimes.com
CIRCA 2019 Obama and Holder take on partisan gerrymandering with redistricting
Aug 27, 2019 — In one of his first public political actions since he left the White House, Obama unveiled Redistricting U on Twitter as an in-person training arm ...All On The Line, launched earlier this year, is a combination of Obama’s “Organizing For Action” and former Attorney General Eric Holder’s “National Redistricting Action Fund.”
cnn.com
CIRCA 2019 Ex-President Barack Obama announced a new initiative that will help volunteers influence redistricting efforts in states across the country. “Redistricting U,” an extension of his “All On The Line” campaign, will send trainers to provide free training and tools to volunteers about their state redistricting process, gather feedback on ways to improve their communities and teach them how to be leaders in the fair map movement, according to the initiative’s website.
All On The Line, launched earlier this year, is a combination of “Obama’s Organizing For Action” and former Attorney General “Eric Holder’s National Redistricting Action Fund.”
Obama said he has always believed “training is at the heart of organizing.” “It’s why I made it a priority in my 2008 campaign and throughout our larger movement for change in the years since,” Obama said in a statement on the group’s website.
He added, “The movement for fair maps will determine the course of progress on every issue we care about for the next decade. And we can’t wait to begin organizing when the redistricting process starts in 2021. We need to build this movement from the ground up — right now.”
This is the latest effort by Obama to push for voting reform and fight against gerrymandering. The Obamas have long pushed for increased voter participation and fought against partisan gerrymandering.
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