1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: On Thursday, former President Barack Obama spoke at Hamilton College 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: in Clinton, New York, and expressed his thoughts on President 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: Trump's efforts to reshape the federal government, crackdown on immigration, 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: and intimidate the media on fundamental American values, and said, quote, 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: it is up to all of us to fix this. 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: It is not going to be because somebody comes and 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: saves you. Obama called Trump's presidency unimaginable, and he stated 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: that this type of behavior would never have been tolerated 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: by him. Take a listen. 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 2: Imagine if I had done any of this. 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 3: Let me just I just want to be clear about this. 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 3: Imagine the Imagine if I had pulled Fox News' credentials 13 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 3: from the White House Press Corps. You're laughing, but you 14 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 3: know this is what's happening. Imagine if I had said 15 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 3: to law firms that were representing parties that were upset 16 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 3: with policies my administration had initiated that. 17 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 2: You will not be allowed into government buildings. We will 18 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: punish you economically for. 19 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 3: Dissenting from the Affordable CARECT or. 20 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 2: The Iron Deal. 21 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 3: We will ferret out students who protest against my policies. 22 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 3: It's unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now 23 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 3: would have tolerated behavior like that for me or a. 24 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: Whole bunch of my predecessors. 25 00:01:52,440 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 4: Facts. I mean, you know, what's happening is really ridiculous, 26 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 4: you know. And they mask all of this with, you know, 27 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 4: because they're masters of illusion. So they got you thinking 28 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 4: about these terroriffs and how wonderful they're going to be, 29 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 4: and how unfairly Americans been treated by all these countries 30 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 4: and Europe included, especially China, and all of this man, 31 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 4: and they masking it. 32 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: And this is gonna be great. Certain Now it's gonna 33 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 2: take some time. 34 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 4: Now, you know, it's gonna take some time, but we 35 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 4: are going to get back to beg It's. 36 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 2: Gonna be the most incredible country you've ever seen before. 37 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 4: Man, this guy, man, he masked what he does as 38 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 4: well as anybody. And the problem is for those who 39 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 4: can see behind the mask. You're fighting against people who 40 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 4: can see behind the bad mask, know what's going going 41 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 4: on behind the mask, disagree with what's going on behind 42 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 4: the mask, but too. 43 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 2: Afraid to say it. 44 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 4: The Republicans are the greatest bunch of cowards I have 45 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 4: ever seen in my life. When it comes to this 46 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 4: one man doing what he wanted to do. I mean, man, 47 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 4: you know, look, man, get some kohounas about yourself. Be something, 48 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 4: what you go to school for, what you take the oak, Well, 49 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 4: don't worry about oath. Excuse apologize for saying that old 50 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 4: thing never meant nothing in this country. 51 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: What you know why? 52 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 4: I mean, look, man, this is crazy the way this 53 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 4: guy's doing stuff. 54 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: And he keeps masking it. 55 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 4: Man, and they masking it with the transgender conversation, you know, 56 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 4: like like you know, man, I mean, but that's what's 57 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 4: crazy to me. I was watching Hennay the other day 58 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 4: and James what's his name, the old ball white guy Cargo, 59 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 4: he was on that lightening him up. I'm talking about 60 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 4: he was roasting this dude. Do you know the card 61 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 4: Hannity pull? Yeah, but you guys want to let transgender 62 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 4: pay play male sports? He said, do you really think 63 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 4: that we're hanging out hat on that. I don't care 64 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,239 Speaker 4: who played what? I'm talking about this economy and find 65 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 4: these people and all this here and that's the Trump card. 66 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 4: But you're a party and the party is not that way. 67 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 4: It's just some people that way. I happen to agree 68 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 4: with sports being played by boys and girls, sports being 69 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,359 Speaker 4: played by men and women. 70 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 2: I happen to agree with that. 71 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 4: I don't see nothing wrong with that policy, But don't 72 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 4: make that the real issue why you're doing it. Then 73 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 4: you try to bring up the abortion thing, like Republicans 74 00:04:58,600 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 4: don't get abortions. 75 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 2: That's what be killing me. 76 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 4: Many'll be sitting up in there like a like a 77 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 4: Republican ain't never got an abortion before. 78 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 2: Man, y'all need to come home. 79 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 4: And then while all in all he's cutting these deals, 80 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 4: he's meeting with people. Man, this dude is just But 81 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 4: for us as minorities, we're gonna be fine because. 82 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 2: We've always gotten the wrong end of the deal. 83 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 4: We ain't ever been what what are you gonna take 84 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 4: from us? We ain't had nothing. You know, That's what 85 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 4: be killing me. I'll be looking at these people that 86 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 4: and that you know that whole dee. I think, look 87 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 4: at that right there, he came in there with that 88 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 4: d I think until them folks realize who was getting 89 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 4: hurt by now, everybody with a disability getting hurt, Veterans 90 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 4: getting hurt, women getting hurt, white women getting hurt. 91 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 2: Okay, it was okay when it was just black people 92 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: getting hurt when they thought it was just us. 93 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: Yeah. 94 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, but you didn't read define print though we so 95 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 4: far down on the list of having benefited from it. Man, y'all, 96 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 4: we're gonna be fine, same old thing for us. We're 97 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 4: always we always adjusted the gap, We always bound back. 98 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 2: And rise as the people. 99 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: But becauseident Obama was right, had it been him, would 100 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,119 Speaker 1: have been a completely different story. You're listening, Hardy Morning 101 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: Show