URBANA: Former President Barack Obama said Friday his successor, President Donald Trump, is "the symptom, not the cause" of division and polarization in the United States.
Trump, the former president said, is "just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years."
His feedback came all over a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the place he accredited an ethics in govt award. The remarks served as Obama's first steps into the political fray forward of the autumn campaign. While he has recommended applicants and appeared at fundraising occasions, he has spent much of his post-presidency at the political sidelines.
In unusually direct terms, he made clear his issues about politics within the Trump generation and implored electorate — particularly young other folks — to turn up at the polls within the November midterm elections.
"Just a glance at recent headlines should tell you this moment really is different," Obama said. "The stakes really are higher. The consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines are more dire."
He later added: "This is not normal."
The speech used to be a preview of the argument that Obama is more likely to make all the way through the autumn. On Saturday, the former president will stump for House Democratic applicants from California at an tournament in Orange County, a conservative-leaning part of California the place Republicans are susceptible to dropping several congressional seats.
Next week, Obama plans to campaign in Ohio for Richard Cordray, the Democratic nominee for governor, and Ohio Democrats.
Obama's campaign activity will continue through October and will include fundraising appearances, in keeping with an Obama adviser. The adviser used to be no longer authorized to speak about Obama's pondering publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. While the former president will probably be visual all the way through the overall election, the adviser said that Obama will not be a day-to-day presence at the campaign path.
Trump, the former president said, is "just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years."
His feedback came all over a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the place he accredited an ethics in govt award. The remarks served as Obama's first steps into the political fray forward of the autumn campaign. While he has recommended applicants and appeared at fundraising occasions, he has spent much of his post-presidency at the political sidelines.
In unusually direct terms, he made clear his issues about politics within the Trump generation and implored electorate — particularly young other folks — to turn up at the polls within the November midterm elections.
"Just a glance at recent headlines should tell you this moment really is different," Obama said. "The stakes really are higher. The consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines are more dire."
He later added: "This is not normal."
The speech used to be a preview of the argument that Obama is more likely to make all the way through the autumn. On Saturday, the former president will stump for House Democratic applicants from California at an tournament in Orange County, a conservative-leaning part of California the place Republicans are susceptible to dropping several congressional seats.
Next week, Obama plans to campaign in Ohio for Richard Cordray, the Democratic nominee for governor, and Ohio Democrats.
Obama's campaign activity will continue through October and will include fundraising appearances, in keeping with an Obama adviser. The adviser used to be no longer authorized to speak about Obama's pondering publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. While the former president will probably be visual all the way through the overall election, the adviser said that Obama will not be a day-to-day presence at the campaign path.
Obama says Trump is 'the symptom, not the cause' of division
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