“These unprecedented tactics – which even the former top lawyer of the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration has characterized as embarrassing, lawless and cruel – have now resulted in the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens,” the Obamas said.
The Obamas accused the Trump administration of “escalating” the tension in Minneapolis by offering the public explanations of the shootings of Pretti and Renee Good “that aren’t informed by any serious investigation – and that appear to be directly contradicted by video evidence.”
A surge of white-hot atonement will be our wake up call.
The Obamas seem far more interested in producing movies than they are saving America, so, piss off
Now that we’re awake, what now?
Lmao the wake up call called in 2016 when you guys gave nuclear launch codes to a reality tv star. Now it’s a wake up fire and it’s blocking all of the emergecy exits.
The only good thing that can happen now is that something better will rises out of the ashes.
The alarm has been getting louder and louder for decades. You fucking traitorous liberals ignored hundreds of wake-up calls. This was only one of the latest.
You know you fucked up when the literal poster children of the “they go low, we go high” trend of establishment democrats call you out…
Too late dead man
They called it a “tragedy” too.
Its not a “tragedy”, its a massive crime and a coverup.One of my earliest wake up calls was when a certain president didn’t outright dismantle the Patriot Act, allowing illegal privacy invasion policies on American citizens to continue and have now made the life of ICE officers a lot easier.
I wonder who that president was…
Yes Obama was part of the problem too. Refusing to acknowledge the surveillance and rights to authorities as soon as they claimed terrorism were way beyond what’s healthy for a democracy. Unfortunately Obama too was very “American” in that regard.
So instead of doing something about it you’re going for whataboutism, we’ll done, whatever makes you feel better about your inaction.
I swear to God, “whataboutism” just means, “You stated a fact I don’t like.” Of course it’s relevant that the guy criticizing ICE was someone who could’ve actually done something about them and chose not to. What a load of bull.
Yeah actually you have a point here, I’ve been in this thread so long I forgot it was Obama who was being quoted on the post.
I do maintain that in the list of people responsible for what is currently happening and we should be really mad at today… Trump is way out ahead and Obama is behind about a million assholes who are actively involved in propping up the Trump presidency.
Firstly, may I remind you that you are online? If you are going to criticize someone for inaction, maybe you should stop wasting time bishing and complaining cuz someone made a comment you didn’t like on a social media feed, go outside, and take your own advice.
Secondly, pointing out hypocricy, especially as that hypocrisy relates to a person in power, and especially when said person in power is a former president of the US, is a far cry from whataboutism.
I can draw a straight line from the Patriot Act to the privacy invading tools ICE and other Federal Agencies use today, and while Obama didn’t draft nor sign into law the Patriot Act, he did fuck all to end it. Heck, he extended provisions of that horrendous act in 2012.
So nah, I’m not about to forget that there’s plenty of blame to go around when it comes to Obama. And yeah, I’m gonna shout that shit into this void. Thanks for reading.
You don’t need to worry about me I spend plenty of time outside and petitioning my government.
I’m just sad to see the top comment on this thread focusing on the guy who left office 9 years ago, rather than the one inciting murders on the streets of MN.
Fair enough, but it’s not an either or situation here. People can criticize both Trump and Obama. Just because Obama is saying the right things now doesn’t mean he’s not a hypocrite, and I’ll be damned if we all just willingly forget exactly who made some of the bad decisions that got us to where we are today.
Fuck Trump, Fuck ICE, and yeah, Fuck Obama. Not equally, but yeah, fuck’em.
EDIT: removal of pronoun
it’s a wake up call the same way your alarm is a wake up call two hours after it initially went off and you’ve been hitting snooze every five minutes
The US is the epitome of the idea that if you have an appointment 45min away at 8:45 and it’s 8:40 if you just pretend to be in a hurry you might make it on time. You will not be calling ahead to tell anyone where you are because you’re “on the way” and obviously you’re still stopping for a little coffee because you’ve had a stressful morning.
There have been sooo many wake up calls. The alarm has been blaring for a decade, and most people keep hitting snooze. The bus is long gone, and you’ve missed so many days, you’re going to be expelled. Final exams are today. Try not to show up in your underpants.
No one really cares until the victims look like them. Now that it’s 2 white people it’s the time to care
You’re right, and that’s fucking disgusting.
I’ll take it, though. It’s better than never.
asshole’s been asleep
Start shooting ice agents
Phone’s been ringing off the hook since 2016
Wake-up call for who?
The people who already knew and voted against Trump? Or the people who voted for him, and also knew he is a fascist sociopath? Or the people who don’t care?There is no way this should be a wake-up call for anybody. This was to be expected. We knew already before his inauguration that he would destroy democracy and put USA at the very least to the brink of civil war doing it.
How is this in any way surprising?
Even the infamously slow moving EU reacted in less than a month to Trump, and began to work on independence from USA.
The world has clearly reacted, but has neither right or power to remove Trump.
The ones that have power to remove Trump are the Americans, and for some reason they don’t.Voting against Trump wasnt the solution, he’s a cog in the machine. Replace the cog and the machine still functions the same. Opposing and fighting the entire system will be the only way to create a difference.
Best case scenario would be that the people demand a better democracy. But I doubt they will, because Americans are indoctrinated to think they have the best democracy in the world, when in reality it’s a highly dysfunctional democracy. And I suspect only a small percentage of Americans are aware of that.
