Barack Obama Speaks Out After Mitch McConnell Tells Him To Keep His 'Mouth Shut'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged a better government response to the coronavirus pandemic, just days after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told him he “should’ve kept his mouth shut” about the issue.

McConnell also called Obama “classless” for criticizing President Donald Trump.

Obama hasn’t publicly criticized Trump by name and didn’t do so on Wednesday.

Instead, he urged “better policy decisions” to fight the infections and protect people from the economic fallout as he shared a Vox report with expert ideas on countering the COVID-19 virus.

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https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/barack-obama-coronavirus-decisions-045613039.html

[cilla4progress]

1. Always positive...

"going high...".

[Lucinda]

29. +1

[DTomlinson]

2. McConnell to Obama: "Shut your mouth, you uppity..."

You get the point.

[blakstoneranger]

9. That's What I thought At first but then

I heard a radio talk show host state that there was oval office talk of trump wanting to arrest brennan and other intelligence officials for espionage. They also suggested to barr that they wanted obama arrested for espionage. They are preparing a HUGE lie to feed to the public to create a hillary-email scandal. It's not true, they know it, but they want to create a huge scandalous story to connect to biden along with the investigation of his son hunter, hoping that by election they will have turned enough undecideds away from biden. McConnel wants to leave obama out of it because he knows it's all bullshit. And he will as long as he shuts up!

[stillcool]

44. McConnell could care less...

about 'leaving Obama out of it'. What he needs left out of it is the plethora of information about Russian connections with the GOP.

[Cyrano]

15. Exactly on point

Mitch won't put up with this kind of shit on his plantation.

A white motherfu^$er telling a black man to shut up. How much more obvious can it be?

[demigoddess]

36. I have a feeling that Obama's IQ is bigger than McConnell's

way bigger.

[Iliyah]

3. Class . ..

And he cares.

[wnylib]

35. Really. If class mattered to Moscow Mitch,

he wouldn't be buddies with the trash in the WH.

[Volaris]

4. 'Despite all the time that's been lost...'

Dear sweet bleeding jesus in heaven, does that man know how to throw some fuckin shade.

I wouldnt want him mad at me, is all I'm sayin lol.

[Totally Tunsie]

5. More of this, please. BHO has nothing to lose at this point,

and it's wonderful to see and hear him speaking out. If nothing else, it'll drive little donnie off the edge, much like the 2011 WH Correspondents Dinner did. I, for one, will be delighted to see Chump's head explode after being critiqued by BHO.

[Six117]

6. Forever the epitome of class.

NT

[lame54]

7. Shut your lettuce hole Mitch

[CaptYossarian]

12. Is that what turtles eat?

Mitch just found out that President Obama only bows to important people.

[flibbitygiblets]

19. lettuce hole

[ancianita]

8. Keep preaching, Mr. President.

[Cha]

10. Moscowmitch needs to STFU.. We Need to Hear More From

President Obama.. he's Helpful!

[IronLionZion]

11. Sounds like socialism

I like this one: 6) Let people go outside

Because if the lefty socialists open up parks and allow people outdoors, you know a lot of Trumpsters will then stay home out of spite. People think having more parks open will cause more people to go outside, but people already go outside when we've had enough and need some fresh air and sunshine anyway. So it would allow more space to social distance. Urban high rise apartments get way too hot in the summer. Tension get high and bad things happen.

[liberalla]

16. Yes! There's been only one documented case of transmission outdoors!

So it's very low risk. I found that very interesting, and I'm going to be much more comfortable going outside.

and I liked point #7) Just spend the damn money!

Great article - well worth the read.

Experts' 7 best ideas on how to beat Covid-19 and save the economy
Trump could do a lot more

[llmart]

32. "There's been only one documented case of transmission outdoors!"

The article said:

"A study of more than 1,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases in other Chinese cities could only document one case of outdoor transmission."

I do agree that it looks like it's a very low risk outside, but I wouldn't go so far as to take a 1,000 person study in China as gospel. I go to my local park every day, but I still socially distance myself from others. However, I don't wear a mask on my walk.

[paleotn]

13. Stop projecting, turtle boy.

[Leith]

14. Now THAT was diplomatic

Again, sticking to the facts, using lots of passive voice, without mentioning names, no insults, the real President got his point across, no muss no fuss.

Translation:
You dithered around for too long. It's time that you covidiots got your shit together and did something useful.

[csziggy]

20. That is why President Obama needed an anger interpreter!

He was too mellow to lay into those who criticized him.

ETA - I didn't realize how appropriate this clip was when I first posted it!

[Leith]

21. I love that clip

I watch it every couple of months and it cracks me up every time.

Key & Peele's "Aliens" is my favorite. In fact, I'm gonna go watch it again right now.

[csziggy]

24. I've never watched Key & Peele - I'll have to check it out. Thanks. nt

[whathehell]

39. LI do love Luther the Translator!

[Collimator]

17. Obama could teach a MasterClass

in handling all manner of situations with class and nobility. There is a world of people who respect him and Trump is the laughingstock of the world.

And to resort to sarcasm: God Forbid Obama should say something as constructive and common-sense as "make better policy decisions". Way to inflame the masses, Barry! What crazy, radical, anti-American rhetoric! Lock that man up, please! The knots in Mitch's pearl strand can't take the strain.

[smirkymonkey]

31. +1000

He is so superior in every possible way. The contrast is glaring. What I wouldn't give to have him back.

[Marie Marie]

18. Trump, you've just been burned by your superior predecessor.

1st degree burn.

[Warpy]

22. Better classless than clueless

That's the type of shoot from the lip reply I invariably come out with that has kept me far away from elective office, that and the fact that I went through the 60s and the skeletons in my closet are still partying.

McConnell has been taking orders from his sugar daddy Deripaska so long he's forgotten what country he lives in and what the government is supposed to do.

[KS Toronado]

23. I believe the important one in the VOX article was the 1st one....everybody wear a mask

Study claimed transmission would be a twelfth of what it currently is. Think about that, instead of 86,600 deaths it would be 7,200, and could possibly be going back to work safely right now. RepubliCONS refuse to wear them and our politicians seem afraid to tell people to, why I'll never understand.

[summer_in_TX]

27. While we're talking about masks...

turns out that adding a layer of nylon (repurposed old pantyhose, anyone?) can boost the ability of the mask to filter out very small particles.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/22/840146830/adding-a-nylon-stocking-layer-could-boost-protection-from-cloth-masks-study-find

[KS Toronado]

38. What also works good is 3M home furnace filter rated at 1500-1900, the paper is supposed to catch

viruses better than N95 masks. My home made masks have a pocket to slip them in and then a flap to cover sliding into the pocket. So I get 3 layers of cloth and 1 paper. Wish I knew how to post pictures........

[WhiteTara]

42. good to know.

I used the hepa filter in a vacuum bag.

[stillcool]

45. If you don't have masks, tell people they don't work..

That's what they were saying back when. The nurses and doctors needed them, so they were urging people not to buy them, adding that they did nothing to prevent the spread. It's astounding that every issue the administration faces, is responded to with lies. Big lies. They went so far as to say that masks could cause more harm than good, one reason being when wearing a mask you touch your face more. Some day, all those lies will be strung together to tell the tale of a nation gone mad.

[TheFourthMind]

25. Intelligent and Presidential versus idiotic and inferior. Timeless versus ephemeral. n/t

[D_Master81]

26. I was kinda hoping for

Part of me, actually a lot of me, was hoping for double birds. But I guess this is the way to go

[Locrian]

28. get in the game

>>Obama hasn’t publicly criticized Trump by name and didn’t do so on Wednesday.

why? what's he waiting for? Come on - get in the game! He's still the most popular politician - and it's obvious who is smarter, better in every way.

Kick. His. Fuc***ing. Ass

[stillcool]

46. he doesn't play games

when he's ready to say something he will. I don't expect it will be tit-for-tat, kick-ass, name-calling bullshit.

[Locrian]

48. he doesnt have to name call

but he damn well better get visible and out there to provide a contrast to the idiot.
We cannot allow trump to control the narrative and not provide a counter to it.
(Even if trump keeps punching himself in the face)

[stillcool]

49. "He damn well better"! Is that you Mitch?

[Locrian]

50. you think this is going to be won by sitting it out?

ok - got you. you sit this one out and the rest of us will bust our ass
great strategy. winning. bye now.

[lpbk2713]

30. Trump has brought shame to the office of President.

As a former president and as a citizen Obama would be in error if he didn't comment on it.

Edit: And the Shrublet's silence is deafening.

[stillcool]

47. No.

[tclambert]

33. McConnell told him to shut up, yet still he persisted.

[Blue Owl]

34. Hey Mitch go play with dynamite

n/t

[magicarpet]

43. Hey Mitch the Russian Buyitch,...

.... take one stick of dynamite and shove it down your throat,... take the other stick and shove it up your ass. Then light both fuses simultaneously.

[keithbvadu2]

37. As Moscow Mitch lies about Obama not leaving a pandemic plan.

As Moscow Mitch lies about Obama not leaving a pandemic plan.

[Jamastiene]

40. McConnell wouldn't know class if it slapped him in his turtle face.

Obama knows class and shows it. World of difference. I cannot believe we went from greatness and class to the current crop of shit Republicans back to back like this. What did we do wrong to deserve that kind of punishment?

[Chemisse]

41. Obama never fails to be classy.

Even when I want him to let loose with a stream of FUs, I am grateful that he never ever does.

He is an amazing man in so many ways.

[spanone]

51. ⭐️⭐️⭐️K&R ⭐️⭐️⭐️