Viewers of former President Barack Obama\u2019s speech on Thursday at the Obama Foundation\u2019s 2024 Democracy Forum caught him during a \u201ctelling\u201d moment as he made a series of claims about Republicans that are actually more aligned with his own Democratic Party.<\/p>\n
Some observers even claimed that things the 44th president said would be considered wild conspiracy theories and \u2018false claims\u2019 of \u2018election fraud\u2019 were they uttered by a GOP figure.<\/p>\n
Others ripped the former president for what they saw as blatant hypocrisy as he accused members of the Republican Party of doing things that Democrats have done when they are in power, such as \u201cweaponizing\u201d the Justice Department and \u201cpoliticizing\u201d the military.v<\/p>\n
\u201cPluralism depends on everyone following a certain set of rules,\u201d Obama said during the speech. \u201cWhat happens when the other side has repeatedly and abundantly made clear they are not interested in playing by the rules?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are going to be times potentially when one side tries to stack the deck and lock in [pause] a permanent grip on power,\u201d Obama said at one point, as he appeared to realize in mid-sentence that he was treading closely to exposing himself and his party\u2019s future political plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cEither by actively suppressing votes, or politicizing the Armed Forces, or using the judiciary, criminal justice system to go after opponents,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd pluralism does not call for us to just stand back and say, \u2018well, I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s OK,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cIn those circumstances, a line has been crossed, and we have to stand firm and speak out and organize.\u201d<\/p>\n
Several people took to social media to call out Obama\u2019s rhetoric, much of which sounded to them a lot like what the outgoing Biden-Harris administration did.
\nFormer \u201cHercules\u201d actor Kevin Sorbo said that Obama \u201c[a]lmost broke character for a sec.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conservative media figure Collin Rugg responded to Sorbo by noting that the \u201cpause was telling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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