{"id":112665,"date":"2020-11-16T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/obama-its-hard-for-our-democracy-to-function-with-such-deep-divisions\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:05:00","slug":"obama-its-hard-for-our-democracy-to-function-with-such-deep-divisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/obama-its-hard-for-our-democracy-to-function-with-such-deep-divisions\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Obama: It\u2019s \u2018hard for our democracy to function\u2019 with such deep divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c581e0d097\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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on Oct. 21.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/obama-its-hard-for-our-democracy-to-function-with-such-deep-divisions\/#Mike_Murphy\" >Mike Murphy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Obama: It\u2019s \u2018hard for our democracy to function\u2019 with such deep divisions<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Obama_tells_CBS_News_its_%E2%80%98disappointing_that_Republican_lawmakers_have_backed_Trumps_claims_of_fraud\"><\/span>\n  Obama tells CBS News it\u2019s \u2018disappointing\u2019 that Republican lawmakers have backed Trump\u2019s claims of fraud<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap 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a drive-in rally in Philadelphia on Oct....\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Former_President_Barack_Obama_addresses_Biden-Harris_supporters_during_a_drive-in_rally_in_Philadelphia_on_Oct_21\"><\/span>Former President Barack Obama addresses Biden-Harris supporters during a drive-in rally in Philadelphia on Oct. 21.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>      <span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            AFP\/Getty Images<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetPullQuote\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetPullQuote\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-pullquote article__inset__pullquote \">\n<p class=\"pullquote-content article__inset__pullquote__quote\">\n        <span class=\"l-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--left\">\u201c<\/span><br \/>\n         \u201cIt\u2019s very hard for our democracy to function if we are operating on just completely different sets of facts.\u201d<br \/>\n        <span class=\"r-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--right\">\u201d<\/span>\n      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       That\u2019s former President Barack Obama, in an interview with Gayle King broadcast Sunday on \u201cCBS Sunday Morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/barack-obama-speaks-out-on-politics-the-presidency-and-donald-trump\/\" class=\"icon none\">his first TV interview since the election<\/a>, Obama said the nation remains \u201cdeeply divided\u201d and that it was \u201cdis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointing\u201d that few Republican lawmakers have challenged President Donald Trump\u2019s unsubstantiated claims that the election was marred by fraud.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       \u00a0\u201cBut it\u2019s been sort of par for the course during these four years,\u201d Obama said. \u201cThey obviously didn\u2019t think there was any fraud going on, \u2019cause they didn\u2019t say anything for the first two days. But there\u2019s damage to this, because what happens is that the peaceful transfer of power, the notion that any of us who attain an elected office \u2014 whether it\u2019s dogcatcher or president \u2014 are servants of the people. It\u2019s a temporary job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not above the rules. We\u2019re not above the law. That\u2019s the essence of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong> Trump acknowledges Biden win for first time \u2014 then says he \u2018concedes nothing,\u2019 repeating unfounded claim of \u2018rigged\u2019 vote <\/p>\n<p>When asked by King what it means that more than 70 million Americans voted for Trump, Obama said:  \u201cWell, what it says is that we are still deeply divided. The power of that alternative worldview that\u2019s presented in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> that those voters consume, it carries a lot of weight.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Obama became a vocal champion for Joe Biden in the weeks leading up to the election, with the former president sharply criticizing Trump on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just stating facts,\u201d Obama said Sunday. \u201cIt was important for me, as somebody who had served in that office, to simply let people know, \u2018This is\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0normal.&#8217;\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Mike Murphy\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mike_Murphy\"><\/span>Mike Murphy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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