‘When did that become okay?’: Obama calls out Trump’s hurricane lies

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  2. Reviews-From-Me on

    I’m convinced that if any other candidate did a fraction of the things Trump has done, they wouldn’t break single digits.

    Why are people so willing to let Trump get away with so much?

  3. It became ok when Trump rolled out his lies and the republicans didn’t care, and people rewarded them both with their votes and donations.

  4. republicans been lying since i’ve been alive… trump just more blatantly.

    did obama forget Trump pushing birtherism

  5. sunnysidejacqueline on

    It became okay when some of our fellow Americans chose to hate Democrats so much they’ll tolerate dangerous narcissistic assholes like Trump

  6. It was worse when he was a President and used a sharpie and endangered his constituents.

    I’d love to believe that as a citizen he’s not doing that now but for that last few years he’s been pretending to be President and using his MAGA Colleagues in Congress to block Biden from running the Country. So possibly he is doing it but I don’t know so I can’t blame him but he’s done it so much that I can’t say he is not doing it.

    We can 100% say members of Congress are. I wish former President Obama called them out. The change we need is at this level. If Trump wins Dems need the House and Senate to save the Country. If Harris wins, Dema need the House and Senate to make changes you can feel. Members of the House and Senate, some who represent those suffering from the effects of the hurricanes voted against funding FEMA during Hurricane Season. Allegedly some of them believe that the government can cause hurricanes. So they knowingly voted against funding that would help their constituents from what was coming. Why? Maybe for Trump? Or maybe they just hate their own people. What’s worse is it is President Biden who has asked for Speaker Johnson to call a special session for helping these states. Traditionally red states by the way. Speaker Johnson has refused. Republicans from states that are suffering from the effects of the hurricanes are refusing to take action to help their citizens. That’s not MAGA or America First. This is politics over people.

  7. Obama’s right it’s wild how lies have become the norm in politics. We gotta hold leaders accountable for what they say.

  8. MaximumManagement765 on

    Trump has done FAR worse already. Remember when he called nazis “fine people” or his policy of putting infants in steel cages in the desert or his constant war mongering?

  9. Reddituser1171869 on

    The 17510th “rapture timer” is clicking towards the end again so we have to deal with a whole new wave of bullshit because superstition is fun or whatever.

    If they become even slightly rational it puts their entire life’s worldview, that they started and stopped developing probably around the age of 11, in danger and that’s not really something an overdeveloped ego can handle.

  10. A powerful speech and long overdue from him IMO. Any reasonable person should be angry as hell at what Trump has done to this country. No more highroad/polished/nuanced critiques or humorous jabs. Fuck this traitoros asshole and anyone who supports him!!!

  11. Trump has unleashed the monster – the white supremacist. They have been given all the room they need to show their cruel and evil existence where no other race deserves to exist in their domain. They have no morals no values because they are superior and need none. All the lies that come out of Trump’s mouth are actually their truths and the reason they are accepted.

  12. Shrimp_Lobster_Crab on

    How lazy is this fucking title? It’s just as bad as the shit the Right does. How hard is it to say “hurricane response lies”? Instead they make it sound like Trump is lying about the hurricane itself. Do better, everyone in the media.

  13. Javasndphotoclicks on

    I really miss the days when we didn’t have narcissistic ass clowns called “Influencers” thinking they’re a contributor to society by spreading misinformation.

  14. Its crazy to think how much the political landscape has changed ever since Obama got out of office. My mans gotta have the urge to shake his head 24/7

  15. PoignantPoint22 on

    It’s been said by people who can phrase it better than I can but it’s wild to me how normalized Trump’s lying became even back in 2016. If Trump only said 10% of the lies he’s said over the years, he *appear* worse. 90% less lying would appear worse because there would be more focus on less lies instead of less focus on more lies.

    Any other candidate, president, adult, would suffer the consequences but since Trump in unashamed about lying and compeltely incapable of admitting wrongdoing or fault, he audience eats it up and he suffers no hit.

    It’s a testament to how pathetic the Republican Party turned out to be. Morphing from just catering to energized Tea Party lunatics, to excusing and normalizing the insanity Trump added when he co-opted the Tea Party movement into MAGA. Spineless cowards

  16. I love(d) Obama. I can totally relate to his bewilderment/astonishment, with trump supporters.

  17. Barack really doesn’t like the notion of not having a fourth term behind the scenes.

    This time his appearances aren’t working though.

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