Posted on 12/21/2015 5:46:28 AM PST by Hojczyk
President Obama said in a radio interview airing on Monday that Donald J. Trump, a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, is exploiting the resentment and anxieties of working-class men to boost his campaign. Mr. Obama also argued that some of the scorn directed at him personally stems from the fact that he is the first African-American to hold the White House.
Demographic changes and economic stresses, including “flatlining†wages and incomes, have meant that “particularly blue-collar men have had a lot of trouble in this new economy, where they are no longer getting the same bargain that they got when they were going to a factory and able to support their families on a single paycheck,†Mr. Obama said in the interview with National Public Radi
The comments were Mr. Obama’s most pointed response to Mr. Trump since the Republican candidate suggested that Muslims be barred from entering the United States after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. The attack was carried out by a couple who apparently were radicalized Muslims, one of whom had entered the United States on a fiancée visa.
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Why would the working class have any fears? Everything is perfect in Obama land. The working class is paying for healthcare, education, and defense for everyone.
What could possibly be wrong?
(sarcasm for those who missed it....)
Obola meant to say the “proletariat,” didn’t he?
Trump (and whoever leads the race) has to face an unprecedented fight. Hillary + 24/7 media + Obama + Republican Party apparatus. Godspeed.
Project we much...
Probably because your Environmental Quackery is shutting down factories and coal mines where they got paid a good wage. Your fault not Trumps
Obama has created working-class fears. In Obama’s world, mentioning his work is being exploitative.
This from the boy who has been whining at us for the past seven years that we’re all gonna die if we don’t spend billions of dollars to “save da planet”. Stuff it Barry.
From the same failure who tried to play the Social Security check scare before the government shut down?
Coming from the exploiter in chief.
The more the bad guys coalesce against Trump, the stronger he gets.
I dont think Obama’s attacks will harm Trump.
Trump is running on strengthening Obama’s weak economy.
Sorry, your race card is all maxed out.
It has nothing yo do with you being a black man. It has everything to do with your lying, assault on our Constitution, and the long list of treasonous acts you have committed during your presidency you piece of $hip. I would vote for Lt Col Allen West for office.
Talk about the ‘pot calling the kettle black’ ...
If today’s “working class” is not absolutely PETRIFIED with fear—they simply are not paying attention.
Retirement, anybody?
ANYBODY????
The debate fiasco has him scared. Why is he campaigning?
Lol...exactly!
Our fears are based on reality, unlike the fears that Obama exploits.
so....people support Trump because they were too STOOOOPID to get a college education and became losers in life’s lottery, and because they resent Obama personally because he’s black?
That’s only going to drive more people to vote for Trump IMO.
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