Former President Barack Obama spoke at Hamilton College this week, and undoubtedly, it veered into the Trump administration. Barry gave a hypothetical speech that resonated with the liberal audience but was also astoundingly tone-deaf. It’s remarkable, really, and not in a good way.
The former president did the ‘could you imagine’ game, where he lists what the Trump administration has done that he finds disagreeable regarding pro-terrorist students in our colleges—we’re deporting them—or yanking press access to media outlets—which isn’t new.
“Imagine if I had done any of this,” said Obama.
Obama is back to whine about Trump: "Imagine if I had done any of this."
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 5, 2025
"It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me."
The Obama administration weaponized the IRS against conservatives, spied on a Fox News… pic.twitter.com/RID0eoZ9om
The issue here Barry is that you did: You spied on former Fox News reporter James Rosen, even naming his as a spy in court affidavits, you seized the phone records of a dozen Associated Press reporters, there’s palace intrigue regarding meetings with the brass of the Internal Revenue Service which led to the reported targeting of conservative non-profit groups. Mr. President, you were pretty Nixonian when it came to leakers and whistleblowers, turned down more FOIA requests than any other administration in history, and your Department of Justice engaged in a prolonged and illegal spy operation against the candidate of the rival party on trumped-up and now thoroughly debunked charges of Russian collusion.
No need to imagine—Obama did something worse than any president in history. He used the full weight of the federal government to orchestrate a smear campaign framing his successor as a Russian agent. It remains the most disgraceful abuse of power in modern American politics. https://t.co/X5EIPwZwGY
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) April 5, 2025
Obama’s DOJ and Eric Holder only spied on then-Fox correspondent James Rosen, secretly seized AP phone records and rejected more FOIA requests than any administration in history.
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) April 5, 2025
Otherwise, great post. https://t.co/xC2BESdu5O
Barack, you had secret meetings before you left on how the DOJ could keep this probe going under Trump during his first presidency.
Sit this one out, sir.
Clinical levels of narcissistic delusion. https://t.co/SkZjQ0PApK
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) April 5, 2025