“The arrogance of this guy.”
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Former President Barack Obama jabbed his predecessor, Donald Trump, this week, claiming he served eight, scandal-free years in the White House.
“I didn’t have scandals, which seems like it shouldn’t be something you brag about,” Obama seemingly joked during a tech conference in Las Vegas, according to Newsweek. The former president compared his tenure in the White House to Trump’s tumultuous year and a half.
Obama later qualified his comments a little, saying, “If you look at the history of the modern presidency, coming out of the modern presidency without anybody going to jail is really good. It’s a big deal.”
Spygate cover-up by DOJ/FBI/Mueller continues. The big meetings today were just for show. @RealDonaldTrump needs to step in and order the disclosure of Spygate and other Obama/Deep State scandal docs. https://t.co/YRN8gMWvtQ
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 24,2018
The arrogance of this guy. Obama had scandals with body counts, for crying out loud. I wrote about the laughable claim his presidency was ’scandal-free‘ last year. https://t.co/xXin6Epb3a https://t.co/m6WzMbShu0
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) May 24,2018
Barack Obama: “I did not have scandals as president.” That is most certainly not true. https://t.co/WsM3Gvubwk
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) May 25,2018
Well put @MonicaCrowley —> With the avalanche of new disclosures about the Obama Justice Department’s and FBI’s alleged political spying on the Trump campaign and presidential transition, we must ask them what they knew… https://t.co/G7o2IsNOHi
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) May 25,2018
Obama contrasted his administration’s policies with those of the current White House, where staffers are routinely reprimanded for leaks and unfortunate gaffes .
“No one in my White House ever got in trouble for screwing up as long there wasn’t malicious intent behind it,” Obama explained.
Tré Goins-Phillips is a writer for IJR operating out of Lynchburg, Virginia. After graduating from Liberty University, where he served as the opinion… more
