Former President hit back at Hispanic voters for making the wrong choice of supporting Trump.
Barack Obama was not pleased by Hispanics for supporting Trump despite his provocative rhetoric and immigration policies. He was called for an interview on Wednesday at “The Breakfast Club” radio program, where he opened up about his thoughts on what Democrats want to learn from his recently published memoir “A Promised Land.” 1.7 million copies of the book were sold in the first week of its release.
“The citizens of New York, Los Angeles, and Washington DC don’t know how big the country is, so many of them lack the acceptance of policies taken for granted by larger metropolitan residents,” said Obama. The 44th commander-in-chief brought Hispanics in his conversation and gave their example.
“It was so unexpected that a great majority of Hispanics voted for Donald Trump. The same Trump who passed racist remarks about Mexicans and caged the undocumented workers. They still voted for him; why? Because they think it is not as important as the fact that Trump supports their ideology about abortions and gay marriages,” said Obama.
Trump in 2016 tweeted a message in support of the supreme court decision of same-sex marriages. However, in 2015, he said in one of his interviews that he supports “traditional marriages.” Obama also changed his opinion about the matter in 2012 after opposing gay marriages in 2008.
Donald Trump got 28% of the LGBT votes this year, the greatest by any Republican presidential nominee since 2000. Obama’s mention of racist remarks about Mexicans referred to Trump’s statement in 2015 when he said, “Undocumented migrants from Mexico are rapists. They are bringing drugs and crimes along with them.”
Obama’s statement regarding Hispanics became a topic of debate on social media, and we saw a variation in people’s opinion on it. Some supported while others hit back aggressively.
“Democrats think it’s funny to hit the beliefs and values of Hispanics, and then they earn votes by playing the race card.” wrote a user