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Passive Aggressive President Obama Encourages anti-Trump Protests

<p>Donald Trump&rsquo&semi;s &ldquo&semi;surprising&rdquo&semi; victory set off a chain of uprisings and protests across the nation&period; Instead of calling for unity and peace as he prepares to leave the Oval Office&comma; President Obama has actually encouraged anti-Trump protestors to keep at it&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I suspect that there&rsquo&semi;s not a president in our history that hasn&rsquo&semi;t been subject to these protests&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Obama during a joint interview with German Chancellor Angela Merkel&period; &ldquo&semi;So&comma; I would not advise people who feel strongly or who are concerned about some of the issues that have been raised during the course of the campaign&hellip&semi;I wouldn&rsquo&semi;t advise them to be silent&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The president tried to justify his inappropriate words by equating the violent anti-Trump protests with voting and &ldquo&semi;being informed on the issues&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kellyanne Conway&comma; former campaign manager and current head of the Trump transition team&comma; called Obama out for his immature attitude&colon; &ldquo&semi;I am calling for responsibility and decency&comma;&rdquo&semi; she told <em>Fox News<&sol;em>&period; &ldquo&semi;I hope President Obama says&comma; &lsquo&semi;Cut it out&period;&rsquo&semi;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest exercised considerably more tact in his response to the anti-Trump demonstrations&period; The freedom to protest should be &ldquo&semi;exercised without violence&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said&period; &ldquo&semi;But it&rsquo&semi;s important for us to remember&hellip&semi;after the election&comma; that we&rsquo&semi;re Democrats and Republicans&comma; but we&rsquo&semi;re Americans and patriots first&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President&nbsp&semi;Obama is responding to Hillary&rsquo&semi;s defeat with passive aggression&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s giving up on some things but being underhanded in others&period; As we wrote in a previous article&comma; he has already stated that he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t plan on keeping quiet after he leaves the office&period; Is this a sign that Obama is not going away&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> It appears that Obama will not be transferring power with grace and dignity as other presidents have done&period; His divisiveness and pettiness will carry forward&period; This is his true legacy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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