Obama says Republican allies "obviously didn't think there was any fraud going on" before .....
Source: CBS News
Full Headline: Obama says Republican allies "obviously didn't think there was any fraud going on" before Trump's baseless claims
Former President Barack Obama said it was "disappointing" to see Republicans supporting President Trump's baseless claims that the election was rigged.
"They obviously didn't think there was any fraud going on because they didn't say anything about it for the first two days," he told Gayle King for "CBS Sunday Morning." "But there's damage to this because what happens is that the peaceful transfer of power, the notion that any of us who attain an elected office, whether it's dogcatcher or president, are servants of the people. It's a temporary job."
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"When Donald Trump won, I stayed up until 2:30 in the morning and I then called Donald Trump to congratulate him. His margin of victory over Hillary Clinton wasn't greater than Joe Biden's margin over him," he said.
He continued: "But if you are listening to some of the talk radio that Trump voters are listening to, if you're watching Fox News, if you're getting these tweets, those allegations are presented as facts. So you've got millions of people out there who think, 'Oh yeah, there must be cheating because the president said so.'"
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-trump-election-republicans-fraud/
President Obama also noted that former President and First Lady George and Laura Bush "could not have been more gracious."
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)and does not have to adhere to laws, rules nor the Constitution of The United States of America.
but, I liked that Obama pointed out that even Bush was willing to accept a republican defeat with grace. But, that was a whole twelve years ago. How times have changed!
wnylib
(21,447 posts)But it didn't take long into the Obama administration for the grace to evaporate and be replaced with vitriol that lasted for 8 years.
Karma13612
(4,552 posts)That Obama held Americas hands.
Trump has helped the vitriol grow to volcanic proportions.
wnylib
(21,447 posts)from the Obama terms paved the way for Trump.
I know that RW insanity was around before Obama, but it reached new heights in the 8 years of Obama, and then Trump took it to the sky.
Karma13612
(4,552 posts)Description.
Sadly.
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)..... Americans first.
BUT they seem to choose the dark road.
Anyone of them or all of them could stand up and say enough is enough YOU LOST and you will be an albatross around our necks for decades to come. Concede NOW!
mopinko
(70,099 posts)obama unchained is a great thing for the country.
He is pointing out that the emperor is naked!
Love it. Absolutely love it!
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)Karma13612
(4,552 posts)My bad!
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)wnylib
(21,447 posts)His sharp mind, eloquence, decency, and humor are national treasures.
yonder
(9,664 posts)He's in a completely different league than the current resident.
bucolic_frolic
(43,150 posts)How do you reach brainwashed MAGAts?
keithbvadu2
(36,793 posts)If the repubs are so convinced of fraud, did they pay the $3 million for a Wisconsin recount?
Jimbo S
(2,958 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,793 posts)They must be waiting for Mexico to send the check.
They've been pretty patient so far for the wall payment.
Roc2020
(1,615 posts)and they will do anything criminal and otherwise to keep power. The country is in or quite close to political collapse.
PatrickforO
(14,573 posts)Uphill climb, and all that, but a good chance.
Especially if we can take the two Senate seats up for runoff in GA. Stacey Abrams is down there. Obama will be, I'm sure. I'm going to be donating, maybe even making calls. If we get out the same people who carried GA for Biden and Harris, we will have a very real chance to claw out way up out of the morass.
questionseverything
(9,654 posts)Because they still owe fines, I wonder if lebron and some other athletes would get involved and pay some fines so those folks could register and vote?
Karma13612
(4,552 posts)For the general?
questionseverything
(9,654 posts)We just need someone to ask him to do it in Georgia
Karma13612
(4,552 posts)All hands on deck.
Lets do this.
questionseverything
(9,654 posts)Theres a really short window to register
Someone has to coordinate it.....
czarjak
(11,274 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)I'd have been shocked if he faced it with grace. I have to admit, though, that the levels to which he will stoop have been at least a little surprising.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)That's why Obama is a better man than me. I would have been up cursing like a storm.
msongs
(67,405 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)BLUBBER MOUTH.. That's One Reason he's OUT & Joe BIDEN is IN