WATCH LIVE: Former President Obama is speaking out about threats to U.S. democracy – just before he goes on the campaign trail for several Democrats this fall https://cbsn.ws/2NW6JsJ pic.twitter.com/C8SugIoDRh
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"They are not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff that is coming out of this White House and then saying, 'Don't worry. We are preventing the other 10%,'" former President Obama says, apparently referring to NYT op-ed https://cbsn.ws/2NW6JsJ pic.twitter.com/8nMXunXATF
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"I'm here to tell you, that even if you don't agree with me or Democrats on policy … I'm here to tell you that you should still be concerned with our current course and should still want to see a restoration of honesty and decency and lawfulness in our government," Obama sayspic.twitter.com/rSO9Rg9PZ4
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"We are Americans. We are supposed to stand up to bullies, not follow them," Obama says. "We are supposed to stand up to discrimination and we sure are as heck is supposed to stand up clearly and unequivocally to Nazi sympathizers." https://cbsn.ws/2NW6JsJ pic.twitter.com/xrvKZzytML
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“30 minutes of your time. Is democracy worth that?” Obama asks students in Illinois. If “you vote, something powerful happens. Change happens. Hope happens.” https://cbsn.ws/2NW6JsJ pic.twitter.com/Bik45rWld2
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Glad Obama pointed this out. This didn't start with Trump.
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Just watch Obama and compare his speech to what come out of of the Dotard trump’s mouth in his campaign speech last night.
@realDonaldTrump Is it even close??? OMG! Obama is soooo presidential and smart and elegant. -
Obviously the party of group think and putting everyone into categories based on race, religion, sexual orientation and creed are the ones causing division in this country. How can anyone not realize that?
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They are happy in their cliques.
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It’s so nice to hear someone who can deliver a speech at more than a second grade level. Boy do I miss him!
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PresidentOBama ‘My President!’ ‘Today, Tomorrow, For Lifetime!’
#JusSayin


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Thank God you are back!
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Love this man! This is what democracy looks like






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Obviously the party of group think and putting everyone into categories based on race, religion, sexual orientation and creed are the ones causing division in this country. How can anyone not realize that?
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You appear to be stuck in a loop
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The upshot of this article- republicans know trump is a lunatic, but useful cover as they fulfill their nightmare, decades old agenda & cement it in place with a lifetime judiciary. Meanwhile, a scourge of ethnic cleansing goes on.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/us/politics/trump-republicans.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage …
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Women’s reproductive rights will be pushed back 45 years, ditto with civi rights &. voting rights., threats to health, safety, & the environment. Oh, BTW- it takes 2/3 of the senate to actually remove a prez. Can’t wait, no way, no how!http://refusefascism.org
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