Take a Seat!’: Obama Slammed for ‘High Horse’ Remarks in Fiery Post-Election Speech

Following his first speech following the election, in which he bemoaned political divisiveness, former President Obama was attacked by conservatives on social media. Obama argued Thursday at the Obama Foundation’s Democracy Forum that “a line has been crossed” if “one side” tries to establish “a permanent grip on power” by “politicizing” the military, “suppressing votes,” or using the legal system and criminal justice system as weapons against opponents.

“Pluralism is not about holding hands and singing ‘Kumbaya,’” Obama stated. “When times get hard, it’s not about letting go of your beliefs and giving up. It is about realizing that power in a democracy is derived from forming coalitions and alliances and creating space in such coalitions for both the woke and the waking. “Purity tests are not a recipe for long-term success.” Conservatives swiftly criticized Obama’s speech harshly.

Journalist Miranda Devine wrote, “It’s over for Obama,” on X. “The enchantment has been broken. He, Biden, Harris, the Bushes, and the Cheneys were all defeated by Donald Trump. “With a bounce in his step, all of them.” “Ever since his last minute desperate smear of Trump with the ‘very fine people on both sides’ lie, Barack Obama has been slowing realizing his status as false prophet of the Democrat party is no more,” Buck Sexton, a conservative radio presenter, wrote on X.

“Obama turned our politics into ‘if you disagree with me, you are a bad person,’” Matt Whitlock, a Republican communicator, wrote on X. Few people went above and beyond to clear the path for Trump. So he can.” Author Jon Gabriel said on X, “Millions of people demonstrated their hatred for democracy by casting ballots in a democratic election.” “Yes, this Obama fellow is quite the intellect.” “Putting aside the utter hypocrisy of this situation, this man is also starting an effort to reduce our political differences. Guy Benson, a contributor to Fox News, said on X, “Being the problem — way up on his high horse, looking down disappointedly at the unwashed masses — while publicly lamenting the problem is peak Obama.”

Obama stated in his speech that he is “convinced that if we want democracy as we understand it to survive,” people need to strive for a fresh commitment to pluralist values. “Because the alternative is what we’ve witnessed in the US and many other democracies worldwide.” Not just one more traffic jam. public cynicism, but more. Yet, “politicians and their supporters are becoming more willing to transgress democratic norms.” to take any and all action to achieve their goals. to resort to violence in order to seize and hold onto power, as well as to utilize the state’s authority to attack journalists, political opponents, and critics.