What a president with abysmally bad poll numbers absolutely doesn’t need less than 100 days from the election is a younger president who is more charismatic, charming, intelligent, and inspirational than he’ll ever be showing him up on television. When President Obama spoke at the funeral of John Lewis, a man who once described Obama’s inauguration as “an out of body experience,” the crowd was moved to tears of joy and sadness. One viewer who has seen the praise that speech has gotten ever since, however, wasn’t so thrilled about it.
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Trump’s late night tweet blasting President Obama was both typical and expected after the last great president openly criticized his efforts to suppress the vote in a eulogy for a man who was willing to die at 25 years old to protect every Americans right to be heard at the polls. It was Trump’s second tweet of the night targeting President Obama.
President Obama’s eulogy became a trending topic on Twitter, a metric Trump takes very seriously with his most bitter rival and virtually anyone else who isn’t him. The online praise and adoration for a president who is truly one of the greatest orators of his time has clearly rankled Trump, inspiring rants late into the night.
See the full video of President Obama’s eulogy below:
Obama’s eulogy included his feelings about the attacks on our democratic process coming from the Republican Party in general and Donald Trump more specifically. The most fiery portion of his speech came when talking about voter suppression efforts and his words inspired cheers and shouts of agreement.
‘We may no longer have to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar in order to cast a ballot. But even as we sit here, there are those in power are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting — by closing polling locations, and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID laws, and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision, even undermining the Postal Service in the run-up to an election that is going to be dependent on mailed-in ballots so people don’t get sick.
‘Now, I know this is a celebration of John’s life. There are some who might say we shouldn’t dwell on such things. But that’s why I’m talking about it. John Lewis devoted his time on this Earth fighting the very attacks on democracy and what’s best in America that we are seeing circulate right now.’
Twitter was on to Trump’s deflection and his jealousy of President Obama. Read some of their comments below:
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