Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) blames former President Barack Obama for the racial divide in America that helped sway voters to elect Donald Trump by a landslide.
Santorum said Obama could have brought the country together but instead he increased racism in part by his response to police shootings.
Santorum made the accusations during a heated State of the Union panel discussion about racism on CNN Sunday.
The panel discussed a new book written by a former Obama adviser who quoted Obama saying “What if we were wrong” about what the American people wanted from a president.
“Maybe we pushed too far,” Obama said. “Maybe people just want to fall back into their tribe.”
Karine Jean-Pierre, a senior adviser and national spokeswoman for MoveOn.org, said it was “pretty horrific” to see voters rally behind Trump during the 2016 election.
“There was an uproar. You saw the Tea Party. You saw obstruction by Republicans time and time again,” Jean-Pierre said. “It is kind of problematic. It says a lot about this country, and Donald Trump tapped into it.”
Jean-Pierre, who worked on both of Obama’s presidential election campaigns and served in his administration, said Trump’s campaign received a boost from “birthism,” the belief that Obama was born in Africa, not the United States.
Santorum added that Obama played a part in increasing racism that helped elect Trump to office.
“What’s being ignored here is the role that Barack Obama played in all this,” Santorum said. “You can’t just go from ‘well, we elected our first black president’ and ‘all of a sudden we get Donald Trump.’ There was something in between those two things.”
According to Santorum, “many, many, many people” saw Obama being racist himself, particularly after police shootings involving white cops killing unarmed black men.
“Every time there was a controversy with someone of color involved, he took the side, many times, against the police,” Santorum said. “He did it over and over and over again.”
Santorum added that Obama was “someone who could’ve brought this country together” but failed to do so.
Jean-Pierre, who sat beside Santorum on the panel, defended Obama, saying the few instances when Obama did speak up after police shootings he was standing up for people who had been unjustifiably treated.
She asked Santorum if he was referring to the shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2012, but time was running out and the panel discussion ended.
Santorum got the last word in, saying, “This president could’ve [brought us] together. He didn’t. He divided us.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Dl1Ps88WQ
Exacerbated? President Obama being elected simply brought them out of the woodwork and isn’t that when this blog started? ?
I called it the Obama Effect when Trump got elected. Not surprising.
He wants to blame Obama for supposedly “exacerbating” racism… but he doesn’t want to blame white people for their REAL racism.
The majority of Republicans believed the racist birther lie about Obama. Polls as late as 2016 showed that. Why wont Santorum say anything about that?
SMH. Typical of these so-called ‘conservatives’.
What I do blame Obama for is all this gay shat being stuffed down our throats morning, noon and night.
I mean when he was elected the already fragile egos of white men who were always taught that they could be come President before a black man was destroyed. I mean I could only imagine how they would be feeling if Hillary was elected, no way were they going to let that happen. So they elected the most ignorant white man they could find, who bluffed his way through the process much like they do in real life.
What does that have to do with this topic. I swear closet cases wake up with gay on their minds morning noon and night.
This washed up Christian fundamentalist who couldn’t get re-elected should be listened to because ?
Oh, please.
It wasn’t Obama’s job to placate fragile whites.
Whites and their racism have existed long before Obama and they will carry on with it long after Trump.
““Every time there was a controversy with someone of color involved, he took the side, many times, against the police,”–> Yup, it’s just every time a fragile white says something racist against people of color, Trump sides with the racist, fragile whites.
Next story.
Said what I said…go suck a dack or eat a t wat or something…but hop off my dack…Bye!
so let me get this straight…. Black folks routinely criticize Obama for not doing ‘anything’ for Blacks. now this racist apologist tries to claim that Obama speaking out against wrong that happened to be suffered by Blacks equates to Obama unfairly siding with Blacks? so he’s damned if he did, damned if he didn’t, smh.
*closes this post just like i “closed’ the cnn broadcast of Santorum’s b.s. when it aired yesterday*
you better preach!
His name should be Rick Sanitorium because he needs to be in one. If anything folks were racist against Barack because of HIS color. Boy bye.
the hypocrisy and arrogance are unbelievable.
Yup. And racist whites would always side with the white cop against the unarmed black person who got shot. 100% of the time.
But we see that Santorum has nothing to say about that.
He won by a landslide? Lol didn’t this joker lose the popular vote?
apparently because he’s a white man, smh
He’s gotta feed and put those 20-11 children he has through college.
This is the same Rick Santorium who told a group of whites that black people wanted their money so uh yeah.
Oh My…. They spend so much time having dumb meaningless arguments. The American people elected Trump, Obama and even Bush.
Its been like two years they need to let it go and start talking about real ish that Americans care about not non issues that the media instigates. Trump won we got it. The otherside has not presented any solutions to make Americans lives better because they are so busy arguing and wanting everyone to be mad at Trump. So if Trumps a waste then they are a even bigger waste of time.
Obama brought the Global community together…. His Administration was more interested in the Global Community not Americans. Black people are caught up in the symbolism and not the result but thats the story of the a good portion of Black Dems in America. Its the image even if its nothing behind it.
I agree with the senator!!!
Black democrats are hypersensitive when it comes to Obama and it rendered them super stupid.Due to their worship for him,they felt and still feel he is above reproach. If anyone criticized that guy,fools would say you’re racist or if the critic was Black,then Black democrats and their White liberal pseudo counterparts would call you racist terms as well.
Obama is a narcissistic globalist puppet.He’s also very vindictive and insecure, which is why he spied on anyone he considered a political enemy or those who did not fall at his clawed and crusty feet.
He is a covert racist who manipulated the idiots who worship him into being overtly racist for him.They didn’t hold him accountable for anything because of their racism and identity politics. Even now you’ll hear these clowns say “Why isn’t President Trump focusing on Black issues? They didn’t dare make such a demand on Obama or the Democratic Party in general.
President Trump special interests are Americans only. He does not target any group for special favor even though I’ll say he’s reached out to the Black Caucus but they refuse to meet with the President. He’s attempted more outreach to Blacks than Obama ever thought about doing.I commend Pastor Scott and other Blacks who are Republican or Independent who has the good sense to meet with a President who actually is trying to improve the Black Condition. The ignorance of Black Democrats are setting back Black people as a whole but they are too brainwashed to see it.
I don’t think Obama was what got Trump elected but he definitely did nothing when it comes to police shooting unarmed black men. Can’t deny that.
I will say the race tension really got bad during Obama’s 2 terms…. Everything is about race these days.
Facts
Ugh they irk my damb nerves
Tv is full of politicians that couldn’t get re-elected smh they somehow become experts after they lose lol
It sounds like you want too eat some twat, considering you brought it up…talk about fragile egos
I’m just here to say that I stopped reading after “… to elect Donald Trump by a landslide.” – Trump voters are like the Beyhive. #Delusional
replace obama with trump and this applies. you are just being bias.
I watched the Republican convention and the Democratic one and the Republicans were talking about more things that everyday Americans were worried about.
The Democrats tried to use Hollywood and Celebrities to convince us to just vote for them. They weren’t even really running on a real platform except making fun of the Republicans and Hillary is a woman…
Nah, bro ain’t shat gay over here save that for your mama…since you’re so hurt, you should perhaps stay away from the internet. Matter of fact, you should go see a damn psychologist and psychiatrist and figure out wtf is wrong with you cause men aren’t supposed to fawk other men. Bye!
I’m surprised they didn’t mention Obama pardoning a lot of men of color.
If you base it off the electoral college then he did technically win by a landslide. JS
Obama took on the causes of the LGBTMNOP community and Hollywood so I dont know about the race stuff because he avoided it and didnt really do anything for all those black communities … Yet He was bullying the states about that LGBTMNOP life…. He did a entire campaign to desensitize the public on Bullying…. LMAO He endorsed campaigns for not using words mean or insensitive descriptions for the LGBTQMNOP and the American Media was on board. 100% they started writing shows to desensitize the public with lesbians and gays.. They showed gay sex more and more … . They were even going as far as saying Transvestites are really the gender they pretend to be. Obama went hard for the LGBTMNOP Groups. Which is now the New Democratic party…..
I’m convinced that people say anything just to get some airtime.
People are people. You can’t blame what someone else’s choices are on someone else.
Folks sure love to blame … But yet the cause of the mess …
Huhhhhh…
always spot the one blaming … usually they are culprits ….
Well aren’t you the pot calling the kettle black lol smh
You brought gay up into a topic that had nothing to do with it. Your thinking about homosexual sex first thing in the morning perhaps its you in need a shrink or just go get you man or a women or a tranny. I mean one of those thoughts got you on here mad at Obama because your scared to be who are you…lol
the elephant in the room was exposed …. race has always been the issue in USA always …. I remember as child being pissed about it. . And folks ignored … Well now it’s plastered for a reason …
In other words, the republicans are going to run against him and Hillary again.
‘ “Every time there was a controversy with someone of color involved, he took the side, many times, against the police,” Santorum said. “He did it over and over and over again.” ‘
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Apparently, Mr. Santorum believes only white people are police officers. While he’s blaming Obama, he’s very quick here to make it an “us against them” scenario. Curious what policies he found so damaging to the fabric of society; doesn’t sound like he was eager to get into details.
?Lmao!!!!
Senator Blames Obama
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Nothing new to see here. FOH Rick
Black people: “0bama didn’t do anything for us. He never spoke up for us”.
MAGA: “Every time there was a controversy with someone of color involved, he took the side, many times, against the police,” Santorum said. “He did it over and over and over again.”
Where is the disconnect? The lack of awareness and all of the misinformation that gets transplanted through the comment sections on these blogs.
These YT people just Love to blame Obama’s for EVERYTHING! ?? Damn get off the man nutt? sack!
Of course it did. He is of color, and he keeps being accused of being a Muslim. Neither of which are crimes. However, both of which are two of the most targeted groups ever. Race and religion. So no shocker there.
Idk why but after reading your comment I pictured Trump in the Oval Office doing the “Single Ladies” dance ??
Obama was by comparison more hands-on with police department reform than his predecessors. Nice read on it here from L.A. Times:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-baltimore-chicago-police-2016-story.html
It’s not Obamas fault that you can’t stay your nosy tail off these blogs 24/7… you are using your own free will to consume gay shat, whatever that is, morning, noon and night. Just ignorant.
Fake News got you people believing some nonsense.
Hillary Clinton had 3 million votes by dead people and illegal aliens and she STILL LOST. Smart people know those votes shouldn’t count. Dumb people aka Trump haters think they should.
President Trump won 1200 plus counties to 400 plus for Killary Clinton…. Smart people know that is INDEED a landslide.He obliterated that bish on the electoral tip.Most of the country was RED…There are but a few specs of BLUE.
Yes, but if you look at the number of counties Trump won, vs the number of counties Hilary won, it was in fact a landslide
Omg here we go with the dead people vote.
Rick Santorum is a delusional liar. All of the racist crap that was hurdled at Obama that he had to deal with EVERY day and HE divided the country? That loser needs to have several seats.
I refuse to call anyone who would pass a trillion-dollar deficit increase “conservative.” I don’t know what the Republican party is, truly.
I don’t know about the dead people vote but she got slaughtered from county to county
Folks were mad in the 80s that Reagan DIDNT address the gays… and now fast forward 25 years +…and Obama addressed them too much. Amerikkka is a fickle ass bunch of folks.
I keep telling folks that Democrats are going to continue to take L’s until they get an actual platform, other than “We hate Trump” or “We’re not Trump”. Even Republicans who try to distance themselves from Trump’s agenda are losing. The media needs to stop misleading folks
good one!
#PullOutForWhat
In counties republicans typically win.
Suck many dacks….comment remains the same.
Demon please stop regurgitating these right winged talking points like a programmed parrot who sleeps in Alex Jones bedroom. I am convinced that you don’t even have a soul…you are so far gone beyond the realm of right vs. wrong that you would accept any non truth that undermines Obama, simply because he is Democrat-nothing more. Santorum could say that Obama molested your grandmother and you would agree with him, knowing damn well it isn’t the truth.
I don’t even watch the news anymore all you hear everyday all day is trump this and trump that There are sited I don’t go to amymore because in one day there are at least 20 articles on him about what he said and did and tweeted. This is really getting out of hand and becoming too much. Racist will never admit they are wrong they didn’t in the past and they won’t now
Suck your own dack you sleezy trick and keep your sorry comment. We already know ignorance doesn’t evolve.
Stay mad…comment remains. Bye!
Man go cry in the car.
You are right, it has always been an issue… but some times it feels like we have taken 10 steps back instead of forward. Maybe it was needed for the better idk. I was watching something where old drug dealers were talking about how they didn’t fear dying in their dealings with police, but now folks are losing their lives. That stuck out to me because I was wondering if it seems like it is getting out of hand because it is making news more or is it simply getting out of hand.
How can you legislate hearts and minds.America never really addressed it’s race issue Obama being elected President bought to the surface what was there all along social media amplified the hate Like never before. Hate is easy to teach especially in a capitalistic society where money and things seem to matter more than people.
Yea, I get that. Maybe this why the media pushed stories on race and religion more.
How can you legislate hearts and minds
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This is a whole ass word right here.
In other news Golden State is up 2-0
If this aint the truth…
Boy Obama is the cause of every problem in America according to these ignorant people
Obama even bullied African countries as it pertained to the gay agenda but was promptly shut down!
If we’re in a race where we have to stop and pick up coins along the route and I finish in one minute and 14 seconds and picked up MORE coins than you, but they only totaled $1.45 at the end… you finished the race in two minutes and 19 seconds, but the number of coins you picked up along the route totaled $2.00… did you win by a landslide because the coins you stopped to pick up happened to be bigger coins?
Honestly I tried to figure out your comment but I ain’t that good at math, I’ll just take your word for it lol
I’m so sick of folks acting like Obama was suppose to be Christ Savior to all & I was never a big fan of Obama, only Michelle.
The time that you waste writing these long pointless posts that say the same thing over and over would be better spent looking for work and becoming a productive member of society.
“Every time there was a controversy with someone of color involved”
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Intresting that the doesnt say that the “controversy” would happen over and over when an unarmed black person would get shot by cops.
UNARMED… that’s a pretty imprortant detail, Rick. SMH
No. Winning a whole bunch of lesser-populated counties nationwide doesnt change the fact that way more people voted against Trump than for him.
It’s not a landslide when you get beaten by 3 million votes overall.
How about the time you waste trolling my comments then trying to give me a lecture… Why dont you get off my posts and do whatever you do… I dont recall ever checking for anything you post about…. I dont even know your political opinions or care the only time you get acknowledgement from me is when you are coming directly at me… You dont even get full attention then… My advice to you is do like the countless others I have had to drag is go post a reply elsewhere. You’ll learn.
Good point. Basically they have become party of choice for racists and the very rich. That’s about it.
Its awful because they dont even feel like they have to even solve a problem… They dont even try to tackle any problems and were all just suppose to go along with them because their Democrats and they say so…. I am like what kind of gang is this…. They dont even listen to alternative opinions you will get blocked on their sites extreme censorship… on the left.
Apparently They didn’t have the right people on this panel that could really speak to this issue…..I bet Angela Rye or Simone Sanders wouldn’t let his lying white azz have the last word.
Barack Hussein Obama! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ab0f34bbcf2fdb1507c7e8e482f687e3e6f794dd54db94c420e0e338f9c6ff50.jpg
i hear that. but, i must admit, i keep returning to cnn, msnbc, pbs, npr, etc., because everyday there are new denials and new lies coming from Trump and his (mis)representatives. then on SOME days you get a new indictment or guilty plea, and there’s a tiny glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, this delusional dunce and his cronies will be brought to an open shame (and maybe even some of them jailed)… just maybe….
Thank you for proving my point, LOL!!! Hey, monster.com helped me when I was looking for work. Or you could try temp agencies.
same here. Its about to be Mueller time!
Barack Hussein Obama:
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Nah nice try troll I’m good but Maybe you should use that link for yourself… lol ? trolling my comments you have no point or purpose. You can’t even clown right clown ?
That looks nothing like James Buchanan.
Of course not…it’s the bought and paid for kneegrow Obama.
Ole Jim was our first gay President.
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BWAHAHAHA…OK…so Obama is the first “OPENLY’ gay president.
Boooooooooo!
Idiot shut up.
EXACTLY….! And Obama lit up the white house in the homo flag!
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Thank You….! The Africans said “don’t bring it here.”
You’re an idiot
Idiot
Downvote and you sound deranged with no proof
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
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Another closeted homosexual, crushing on Barak Obama.
BWAHAHAHA….you mad because Obama is a bona-fide fag. You know Newsweek did do a cover calling Obama “America’s first gay president.” GET OVER IT…..!
Love yourself
Dick santorum is a POS. Racists voted a racist into the white house because…They are racist.
BWAHAHAHA….no proof???/ That kneegrow lit up the white house in the homosexual flag and pushed for men to use the little girls/women’s bathroom. A straight-up pervert.
Reggie Love, Obama’s “body man”, was given a “token” White House job as Obama’s special assistant and personal aide from 2007 to 2011. He was responsible for TAKING CARE OF THE PRESIDENT’S NEEDS.
Reggie Love had no credentials besides his unsuccessful football and basketball career.
In November 2011, Love resigned from his “body man” job at the White House after compromising photographs received wide circulation.” The pictures showed a “heavily inebriated” Reggie Love performing a homosexual act on another male.”
Did you know that Harvey Weinstein visited Obama in the white house at least 13 times and Obama handed his daughter over to him for an internship? Obama can’t stand your black äss!!! BWAHAHAHA
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You forgot about Lincoln & LBJ.
yaaassss!
scandal and house of cards got nothing on this administration, smh
the dam will eventually break and then it’s gonna be ON! let us toast to the beginning of the end of Trump’s b.s. reign. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/424b2ec84315364f72ed2c4b7a7a3ce8176cf7e9bf975d4f93660e74c765d369.jpg
Obama is the first kneegrow president in American history and he turned out to be a homo. Lincoln and LBJ weren’t pushing for homo rights and pushing for transvestites. Plus, according to simple minded individuals like you…because Obama is a homo anyone else who ever stepped in the white house has to be a homo too. WAKE UP…..!
Based on your logic trump is boning his daughter & his daughter’s husband.
Pushing for gay rights doesn’t make a person gay. I’ll let you continue to be stupid in peace, you seem to enjoy it.
BWAHAHA….what would you know about logic? There’s nothing but space between your ears! Sorry, your first so-called black president turned out to be a homo.
and you get a boner just thinking about him!
BWAHAHA….I’ll tell you something. ANY STRAIGHT MAN would not go out of his way to push for homosexuals….NO WAY! Especially pushing for homos/transvestites to use the little girl’s bathroom. ESPECIALLY if he has daughters…!
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And then lighting up the white house in the fag flag. Do you know the FIRST place Obama went when he left the white house? To his fag friends in Palm Springs….! He couldn’t wait…..! No STRAIGHT family man is going to do that….!
Ohh Lordt not today! Ashy Alicia now you know nobody ever reads your posts…. lol
BWAHAHA…somebody’s upset.
Wow
Still ain’t working I see. Emojis. LOL The only clown here is the ugly MF looking back at you in the mirror. You have a good one.
Black voters too?
Nah not even remotely upset, just amused at all the time alleged straight people spend worrying about all things gay.
Black people can’t be racist, bigots yes, Racist no.
I have a question???? Can anyone please inlighten me on why this is news, don’t we have more pressing matters at hand???
Black ppl that voted for donnie aren’t the ones that got him in. It was the overwhelming amount of racist whites that voted for him.
upset and trolling still … maybe I will send you back a job link whenever I find out that the circus is hiring…
Because the republicans have to run against someone and that someone will be Obama I guess.
Whose seeking your approval? I just want what my taxes pay for. F%ck your approval…lol
Your taxes are paying for men/women to get sex changes and for trannies to have the right to enlist in the military. Something your homo X-president promoted. Plus, your taxes are paying for all the AIDS medication that black homosexuals (the highest new AIDS cases) cannot afford but prefer to continue with their promiscuous behavior. So tell your fags friends to stop trying to play “heterosexual” by proxy and phawk off….! Actually, I DOUBT YOU PAY ANY TAXES except when you’re purchasing fattening sodas and McDonald meals. You sit and wait for your tax return at the end of the year…the real taxpayers are the ones that pay for your broke äss.
Its also paying for your meth treatment and your AIDS medication stop acting like black patients are the only ones who can’t afford it. Its also paying for your welfare.
Black people are the poorest minority but the highest new AIDS cases (the lifestyle Obama promotes)….by the way I’m black but I’m not delusional. Are black people doing meth too?
https://youtu.be/uwxx1AUZ3v8
He is 100% correct. Obama fanned flames for 8 years and did it with those very intentions. You can thank HIM for Trump.
Nothing in my statement is delusional, I work in healthcare I know how prescriptions regardless of what they are for unaffordable without government assistance.
I don’t care where you work. Facts are facts so just STFU….!
Your right, let me be quiet and stop feeding ignorance.
BWAHAHA…Pot calling kettle black I see…! Here’s something for you and describes your posts perfectly:
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Im not, Im looking at the actual votes. thanks
I simply used google.
And yet you keep responding with weak azz – the circus? Jesus you’re lame. LOL!! Yeah, you have a good one, unemployed lazy troll.
Mental illness and self hate is real.
New troll in da house!!
This is you…!
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I actually thought it was OBAMA’S LGBTQ..RSTUV laws that got these white straight Christians active.
Unfortunately, it was Obama’s LGBT laws that made white straight Christians a target for gays seeking victim status.
yeah ok – you really told me… lol … Its so tragic because you troll so hard you repeating back posts of the past… You a fan…
Santorum, you cheesycharlie loser. I guess all of you republicans will now attempt to use the tRump paradigm to garner votes huh?
The Black Caucus acted so ridiculous it was embarrassing… The people elected those idiots who were so stubborn they refused to communicate with the executive Branch. They are the Pawns..
Exactly…The thing that’s hella funny is how the Black Caucus whined and complained about Obama not meeting with them.It took that fool almost 2 years into his residency for him to meet with them.
LOL…Barry Sotero Obama-Davis?
WOW The Games they play……. I bet the rest of the Caucus are not in protest. They probably meeting all behind the scenes…
I understand exactly what you meant, Everyone was talking about what there trying to blame Obama for. And you simple stated that what you do blame him for is all this gay crap,because him letting gays marry legally you got a bunch of gays running around here. No real men and that’s why Philly bruh is acting like a girl because this is allowed .
These dumb ninjas will say again, so they don’t feel guilty about an issue, that is never going away??
Obama didnt do shit for black people and thats a fact!!! And dont tell me he had to be for all people .. because there has not been a white president to date who served all people. Every white president in that fake ass white house did nothing but service white people.. and thats facts “umar voice.”
FACTS!
And they will win again in 2018 and 2020.
They’re always mad…it’s not my fault he’s mentally ill. I didn’t make him. He needs to go figure out why he likes seeing shat all over his dack. That shat ain’t normal.
And that’s relevant, how?