Obama Makes First Statement Since Leaving White House, Supports Protests Against Trump Policyhttp://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-30/obama-makes-first-statement-leaving-white-house-encourages-protests-against-trump-imby Tyler Durden
Jan 30, 2017 2:54 PM
It took Obama ten days since he departed the White House one final time to break his promise that he would "stay on the sidelines" regarding Trump's policies...
... and in his first public statement, the former president the charge that the Trump administration had based his immigration executive order on a policy adopted by his own administration, and endorsed the protests that have been taking place across the country in response to the new restrictions.
Kevin Lewis, Obama's spokesman, said rejected Trump's insistence that the decision to temporarily halt refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries and stop all Syrian refugee resettlement in America is similar to a 2011 decision by Obama. "With regard to comparisons to President Obama’s foreign policy decisions, as we’ve heard before, the President fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion."
