Statement from the Obamas:

January 25, 2026 - 17:47 UTC

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If Obama rolled up they'd probably shoot him too and tRump would be claiming he was a domestic terrorist!
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OMG, I MISS THEM SO MUCH.
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Sorry-not enough
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🤮
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Meh…. 🫤 I’m disappointed in his statement
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He's a statesman and he broke protocol by calling out a sitting president so maybe don't expect him to write a hysterical screed, OKAY? Why do all the randos in here think they can do ANYTHING better than the Obamas? Stinking backseat drivers, all of you.
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Dude needs to go away forever.

Just fuck off Obama
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Would like to hope the ICE goons and the MAGA mob stop their liees and thuggery.
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Very much a nothing statement which I expected

No mention of Abolishing ICE, no call for Dems to not fund DHS, no calls for Noem to step down

Disappointing
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So late. Where ya been, President Obama? A year in and it’s all slipping away. Maybe talk more, dude.
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That’s a real president
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But sadly he doesn't call for a national strike or mass mobilization, if he & others at the top rallied together & rallied the Country they could pull tens of millions onto the streets, but no.
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Wow, so milquetoast, why even bother? Thoughts and prayers redux.
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Whoever added "and Mrs. Obama" didn't even change the "I" to "we." Such low effort.
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Lame. "Adult in the Room". Calculated Centrist Mush as usual. But I guess its better than nothing. And that's what we're getting from Biden...nothing. You remember him? The guy who lied to us about being a Spring Chicken good for 4 more years? Then gleefully handed us over to Trump.
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Time for Minnesota to voluntarily join Greenland!
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I get that the Obamas have to put this out, but this is the wrong time and place. This site right now, while not quite at the level it was from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. yesterday is still operating under incandescent rage. Doesn’t help that leftist trolls came out of their rocks and flamed ppl like Stancil
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The last paragraph is essential!
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Thoughts & Prayers r not going to cut it.
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Whats the general X/Twitter response to this?
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It’s never been about immigration. We as an informed public need to understand what’s happening. Appreciate Obama’s measured statement but the Trump goal is to create “a state of exception” by transforming ICE into a secret state security force that can do anything. “When evil men plot…”
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Minnesota has a narrow margin between the two parties, a strategic aim is to turn this state into a consistent win.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elections_in_Minnesota
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A strongly worded message from the guy who is as edgy as a marshmallow
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This is noble, unfortunately republikkkunts can’t or won’t read it!
It’s time to cut the head off of ice!
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Are you gonna step up? We need leadership!
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The Harvard law review guy with the CIA mom will always step up to extinguish labor and social movements. He's very reliable
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Great. His next post will be ‘Obama is causing an insurrection.’
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If any "law enforcement" officer can shoot you dead because you have a gun, or they think you might have a gun, you do not have the 'right' to carry a gun. That ship has sailed.
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I'm sure Bush is working on his respo... Oh. Wait. It's another bad painting he's working on, isn't it.
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Thanks for posting this. I was hoping to see this today.

It would be expecting too much to hope Bush speaks up.
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Bush is thrash and a coward
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I know if ‘fukin’ infuriating 🤬that he has not said a damn word! Spineless!
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Bit of a wet fart statement. The murderers have a tough job, do they? Good to know.
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No need to focus on one clause out of a several paragraph statement when it’s not the main thrust of the statement. Especially if the main thrust of the statement runs counter to it.
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Obama should read this direct to camera with the Nobel Peace Prize hanging around his neck
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Would that piss off some orange $hitgibbon? 🤔
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Naive.
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By today’s ICE law enforcement standards, many January 6th rioters would have been killed by US Capitol Police. Instead those rioters killed or caused law enforcement deaths. Obvious double standard by those defending ICE actions today!
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Many Jan 6 rioters should have been stopped with force,
loaded into buses and put in jails that day! No ifs and buts. Brazil knew what to do, South Korea knew what to do. That day all our leaders failed the U. S. and failed our Capitol Police as well. And here we are.
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I am missing where they state: ICE is not the Police
I am missing where they state: ICE does not have the jurisdiction to harass and assault Americans
I am missing where they state: ICE/CBP/DHS must cease all operations on the streets of American cities immediately.
I am missing ABOLISH ICE
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You're also missing a functioning brain.
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I am sick to death of our political class somberly bowing their heads and stating “it is up to us citizens to speak out”

We citizens have been speaking out for years… it is up to elected officials current and ex to act

Mr constitutional law scholar could wake up and get to constitutional lawing.
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Where is W?
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A lot of natl media or Dem leadership may not understand that a large portion of potential voters do not know what is going on. Similar to how they did not know the details behind the Dominion settlement, GA vote request or the fake electors during the election.

Must get out of the echo chamber.
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Right from @barackobama.bsky.social
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Not sure ice working with police is the answer here
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How many will read this all, just curious? Not a knock on anything but Twitter fools who can't focus past 300 characters.
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I read it, Jenny. I read it here, on Facebook, and even my neighborhood Nextdoor feed. When possible I attend local protests. I do a lot of fact checking on both sides. I don't own a weapon and at 83 I won't be a very effective warrior, but when this cold civil war turns hot, I'll be there.😡
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Excellent, and to the doomers who bleat that the Obama's statement isn't forceful enough I say SIT THE FK DOWN.
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I’m not even a US citizen and I’d be furious if I was you. This is weak at best
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It’s late and barely a start. Why don’t you sit down, Karma?
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I wish that we had a leader who would speak the truth.

It’s a carefully worded response.

And I get why.

But we need a Dem leader to tell us the truth.

Now.
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Spells it out.
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Instead of statements, could we get Obamas organizing peaceful protests?
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Meh. Weak
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Presidential.👍
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“I would hope”

yes, okay.
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Pablum.
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“Unprecedented tactics”????????

Uh, wrong. Myriad precedents in fact. Innumerable. Here. Everywhere. For like at least 500 years. TF.
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Waiting for previous GOP leaders to say anything...
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Will never happen, they love all of it.
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Good point!! Where is Mitt Romney? I’ve got a feeling just by his religion and state, that he isn’t much bothered by the murders of citizens, Utah is a very ultra republiCON (magat state) not much for equality, backwards culty religion stuck in the 1800s, how difficult it was to pass MLK DAY!
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This is what leadership and humanity looks like. The polar opposite of Trump, bride of Trump, Vance, Miller, Musk, Bondi, Patel and Botox Noem; criminals all who will be held to account eventually.
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Democrats need to emphasise that they will be held to account eventually. Republicans, who are going along with this, will not control the country forever.
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🤦🏼‍♀️ underwhelming
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How soon before the DOJ arrests the Obamas for obstruction or some shit.
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2 weeks! Look out for the presidential tweet!!!
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The most politically correct statement EVER, so basically...
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Meanwhile George Bush
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"Can you tell what it is yet?"
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A good start would be to unmask, wear visible identification, and bodycams. After that, less militarization, fewer agents in Minneapolis, training in constitutional rights (and consequences when these are violated), and training in preserving evidence at a crime scene.
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This…
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I was born just after WWII and for much of my childhood I heard talk about the Nazis and Hitler. In my innocent childish mind I often wondered why no one had killed Hitler when they knew what his intentions were. To me, at the time, it seemed a very simple solution to what followed from 39 to 45.
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The words of a statesman - but it's going to take more than words. Trump has to go.
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Nah, dude. That's weak sauce.
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So mealy mouthed
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Cliff note:
We are under attack by our own government and we ALL need to get our asses in the street.
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Very very weak. And very very late
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𝐁𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐉𝐎𝐁 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐔𝐒…𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄!!!

𝐖𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍!!

𝐖𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐃!!

𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖…𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍!!
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So very presidential. 💙
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How much did he take from aipac and then happened to take out Libya who were on the list of 7 countries Israel wanted overthrown?

Seems spending decades putting politicians so easily bought to carry out fascist acts around the world is acceptable, and now Americans are surprised it’s fallen inward
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Of course, this will cause Trump to dig his heels even deeper.
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Very thoughtful statement. I would like to hear more from Kamala Harris right now, as well.
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Calling them ICE “recruits” is an interesting choice.
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Yes, I caught that dig.
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"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." Eisenhower
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/its-not-a-presidency-its-a-crime?utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
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Makes the Trump admin look like imbeciles. The Obama’s are a reminder of everything Trump is not. This will vex him.
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I’m not in the mood for his work together bullshit
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