The immediate past President of the United States of America, Barack Obama is questioning President Trump’s refusal to call and congratulate Joe Biden. He reminded people that as then President, he congratulated Donald Trump as President-elect in 2016 without hesitation.
Barack Obama while speaking with ‘CBS This Morning’ wants same courtesy extended to U.S President-Elect, Joe Biden. He told Gayle King that: “Trump is damaging our democracy with the way he’s eschewing what’s traditionally been a peaceful — and cordial — transfer of power”.
Obama recalled election night 2016, saying he stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to phone Trump and congratulate the president-elect. Obama says he was doing what presidents do, just as George W. Bush graciously did during Obama’s historic 2008 victory.
Trump’s refusal to concede and call up president-elect Biden is clearly not sitting well with Obama.
Obama previously chided Trump and the GOP for continuing to make baseless claims of election fraud in an interview with “60 Minutes,” telling Scott Pelley it undermines the country.
Obama points out Biden and 2016 Trump will end up with the same number of Electoral College votes, 306, but says half the country likely won’t take that into account if they keep consuming conservative media … which Obama says presents voter fraud allegations as fact.
Bottom line. Obama explains why Republicans can’t stop Biden and Kamala Harris from being sworn in.