There is a straight line between Obama's rhetoric and the months of the deadly, costly 2020 Black Lives Matter/George Floyd protests. Never mind that the lead prosecutor, a black man, never argued the officer-defendant was racially motivated and the officer was not charged with a hate crime.
"After announcing his candidacy for president, Sen. Obama appeared on "60 Minutes":
"60 Minutes": "You think the country's ready for a black president?"
"Obama: "Yes."
" '60 Minutes": "You don't think it's going to hold you back?"
" Obama: "No. I think if I don't win this race, it will be because of other factors. It's going to be because I have not shown to the American people a vision for where the country needs to go that they can embrace."
"Polls offered support for Obama's optimism. The 2008 principal primary candidates for the Republicans were Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. For Democrats, the candidates were Obama and Hillary Clinton. A 2007 Gallup poll found that 42% of Americans said they would not vote for someone of McCain's age. Twenty-four percent said they would not vote for a Mormon, Romney's religion. As for Clinton, 11% said they would not vote for a woman. Just 5% said they would not vote for a black person.
"Shortly after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an optimistic Rev. Martin Luther King said, "Frankly I have seen certain changes in the United States over the last two years that have surprised me." He said, "We might be able to get a Negro president in less than forty years."
"Fast forward to 2008. Even those who voted against Obama nevertheless felt his victory made a profound statement about the country. Polls showed both blacks and whites expected "race relations" to improve. But after Obama's eight years in office, both blacks and whites thought race relations got worse. What happened?". . .
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