{"id":2571023,"date":"2026-02-18T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-presidency-ended-up-devastating-democrats-byron-york\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:10:54","slug":"obama-presidency-ended-up-devastating-democrats-byron-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-presidency-ended-up-devastating-democrats-byron-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama presidency \u2018ended up devastating\u2019 Democrats: Byron York"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-presidency-ended-up-devastating-democrats-byron-york%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2571023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece presents Byron York\u2019s view that Barack Obama\u2019s highly inclusive approach as president ultimately weakened the Democratic party. York contends that,during obama\u2019s eight years,the Democrats lost a large number of offices nationwide \u2014 more than a dozen governorships,over 800 state legislative seats,more than a dozen senate seats,adn about 64 House seats \u2014 and that inclusiveness contributed to this decline. He contrasts Obama\u2019s description of Republicans as \u201cmean, angry, exclusive, us-them\u201d with Democrats\u2019 focus on unity, suggesting the party\u2019s inclusiveness backfired politically. The article also covers related commentary, including Newsom\u2019s controversial remarks at the Munich Security Conference and the broader trend of incendiary rhetoric in U.S. politics. It notes speculation about the 2028 race,with possible attention on Newsom\u2019s potential White House bid and pundits highlighting a potential Republican ticket of JD Vance and Marco Rubio.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Obama&rsquo;s &lsquo;inclusive&rsquo; presidency ended up &lsquo;devastating&rsquo; Democratic Party: Byron York<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2509064\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> chief political correspondent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/4458644\/should-trump-shake-up-his-cabinet\/\">Byron York<\/a> said Monday that there was a downside to the Democratic Party being &ldquo;so inclusive&rdquo; under former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4458835\/obama-jokes-aliens-are-real\/\">Barack Obama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Obama addressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warp-speed-advisor-expects-vaccine-to-ship-mid-december-herd-immunity-by-may\/\" title=\"\u2018Warp Speed\u2019 advisor expects vaccine to ship mid-December, \u2018herd immunity\u2019 by May\">political environment<\/a> in the United States on Saturday, saying the Republican Party engages in &ldquo;the mean, angry, exclusive, us-them, divisive politics,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4458703\/obama-reaction-trump-racist-ape-video\/\">whereas Democrats are &ldquo;coming together.&rdquo;<\/a> York, however, said the Obama presidency&rsquo;s inclusiveness &ldquo;ended up devastating the Democratic Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4461438\/colbert-slams-cbs-crap-statement-denying-it-pulled-james-talarico-interview\/\">Colbert slams CBS over &#8216;crap&#8217; statement denying it pulled James Talarico interview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4461207\/mistrial-antifa-terrorism-case-defense-attorney-shirt\/\">Mistrial declared in first antifa terrorism case over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-co-defendant-scores-bid-to-subpoena-fani-willis-in-tense-fulton-county-hearing-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump co-defendant scores bid to subpoena Fani Willis in tense Fulton County hearing - Washington Examiner\">defense attorney&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s &lsquo;politically charged&rsquo; 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top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Obama made his remarks the same day Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/4458000\/debate-california-wealth-tax-billionaires-eye-exit\/\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) visited the Munich Security Conference in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4458937\/munich-security-conference-marco-rubio-brings-plan-democrats-bring-pose\/\">Germany<\/a>, where he compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to &ldquo;the secret police, something familiar in Germany,&rdquo; a reference to the Gestapo in the 1930s and &rsquo;40s. York argued that politicians must develop &ldquo;a pretty high tolerance&rdquo; for controversial comments but said Newsom&rsquo;s comment was &ldquo;outrageous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>York added that people in the U.S. have become &ldquo;desensitized&rdquo; to Democratic lawmakers and voters comparing President Donald Trump to German dictator Adolf Hitler, making this the &ldquo;standard rhetoric&rdquo; in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But to go to Germany and to say this and to compare the enforcement of federal immigration law in the United States to Germany in the 1930s and 1940s was really beyond the pale,&rdquo; York said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4460331\/obama-no-position-to-lecture-about-decency\/\"><strong>OBAMA IS IN NO POSITION TO LECTURE US ABOUT DECENCY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4456727\/munich-security-conference-early-stage-2028-democrats\/\">Newsom&rsquo;s visit to Germany<\/a> comes amid speculation that he may seek the White House in 2028. He is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4456996\/newsom-visit-new-hampshire-2028-run\/\">set to visit New Hampshire next month<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >key early voting state<\/a>. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Newsom would <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4458042\/nancy-pelosi-talks-up-newsom-for-2028-presidency\/\">&ldquo;make a great president.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the Republican side, <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior writer Joe Concha said Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4460495\/vance-rubio-gop-potent-one-two-punch-2028-ticket-joe-concha\/\">&ldquo;quite the potent one-two punch of a ticket&rdquo;<\/a> for Republicans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York: Obama&#8217;s inclusivity harmed Democrats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2571024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25306004416576-e1771424118759.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[74023,6672,3685,5315,10423],"class_list":["post-2571023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-byron-york-2","tag-commentary","tag-democrats","tag-obama","tag-presidency"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25306004416576-e1771424118759.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2571023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571027,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571023\/revisions\/2571027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2571024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}