You DO have a point Barack.…
The reaction, one would guess, would be VERY DIFERRENT from the current ‘kinda reserved ‘ ones going on now, eh?
Former President Barack Obama warned this week that Americans may have to “possibly sacrifice” if they want to stick up for democratic values, as he encouraged universities and law firms to resist intimidation from President Donald Trump’s administration.
Speaking at Hamilton College in New York on Thursday, Obama said he was “troubled by the idea that a White House” would suspend the security clearances or order federal agencies to cancel contracts to firms connected to political rivals.
“That kind of behavior is contrary to the basic compact we have as Americans. Imagine if I had done any of this,” Obama said during the sit-down conversation with Steven Tepper, the college’s president.
The former president went further when talking about Trump 2.0 targeting of colleges and universities, which have seen their federal grants threatened to combat what it calls antisemitism on campuses…
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At one point Obama alluded to the administration barring the Associated Press from official events in retaliation for refusing to adopt Trump’s renaming of the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America.”
“Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps,” he said. “You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening.”….
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