Former President Obama had a simple message for the public on Thursday after his successor went after him on social media: Vote. Obama’s one-word…
Former President Obama had a simple message for the public on Thursday after his successor went after him on social media: Vote.
Obama’s one-word tweet came after President Trump blasted him in a series of messages on Twitter, promoting the term “Obamagate” and demanding that Senate Republicans call on the former president to testify on Capitol Hill.
The former president shared similar messages on Facebook and Instagram, calling on supporters to “vote.”
Obama’s tweet comes amid escalating tensions between the former president and GOP leaders. Trump has accused Obama administration officials of unspecified malfeasance in recent days while Senate Republicans are ramping up their investigations into the Obama era.
Trump earlier Thursday retweeted his message referring to “Obamagate” and also demanded that Senate Republicans call on Obama to testify, blasting what he called “the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA” and claiming that Obama “knew EVERYTHING.”
Republicans have focused on watchdog reports surrounding a shadowy surveillance court and have targeted Obama-era officials for scrutiny as the Justice Department has moved recently to drop its case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
The Trump administration on Wednesday sent lawmakers a declassified list of Obama-era officials who they claim requested documents that led to Flynn’s identity being “unmasked” in intelligence reports.
Trump repeatedly lashed out at Obama on Sunday after the former president criticized the Justice Department’s decision to drop the case against Flynn.
