Things Obama said that were divisive:
“You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
“Middle-class families can’t wait for Republicans in Congress to do stuff. So sue me.”
“There’s no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protests or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights.”
“On Easter, I do reflect on the fact that, as a Christian, I am supposed to love. And I have to say that sometimes, when I listen to less than loving expressions by Christians, I get concerned. But that’s a topic for another day.”
When talking about the Dallas police shooter, a BLM member, "First of all, I think it's very hard to untangle the motives of this shooter."
"Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago."
There are numerous incidents where Obama rushed to judgment to condemn the police, but would always so to refrain rushing to judgment when it was a black person or Muslim.
