{"id":2571043,"date":"2026-02-18T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-demagogue-presidency-counters-his-assessment-of-gop\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:55:30","slug":"obamas-demagogue-presidency-counters-his-assessment-of-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-demagogue-presidency-counters-his-assessment-of-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama\u2019s \u2018demagogue\u2019 presidency counters his assessment of GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fobamas-demagogue-presidency-counters-his-assessment-of-gop%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=2571043&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>Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson argues that barack Obama, in a recent interview, shows \u201cno concept\u201d of acting divisively even as he critiques GOP politics as mean and exclusive. Obama had said Democrats are coming together while the Republican Party engages in divisive, us-versus-them politics, and benson\u2019s conservative reaction is to dismiss the claim as preposterous.The piece revisits Obama-era policies\u2014such as lawsuits against nuns and Obamacare\u2014and portrays them as examples Benson cites of how Obama used divisive tactics and punitive measures against states. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-video-the-barack-obama-video-that-anti-ice-dems-want-buried-forever-and-that-trump-should-run-on-tv-24-7\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK VIDEO: The ... Video That Anti-ICE Dems Want Buried Forever and That ... Should Run on TV 24...7\">notes obama\u2019<\/a>s comment that respect for the office was eroded after a video depicting him and Michelle as apes, and his later remarks about decency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-fauci-backtracks-on-wearing-multiple-face-masks-after-pushing-it-just-one-week-ago\/\" title=\"Dr. Fauci Backtracks on Wearing Multiple Face Masks After Pushing It Just One Week Ago\">virtue signaling<\/a>, and the need for a Democratic message that acknowledges that none of us are perfect. The article frames Obama\u2019s critique as part of a broader debate about unity, decency, and political rhetoric.  <\/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;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-and-jones-clash-at-dnc-over-demagogue-remark-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy and Jones clash at DNC over \u2018demagogue\u2019 remark - Washington Examiner\">demagogue&#038;rsquo<\/a>; presidency counters his assessment of GOP: Guy Benson<\/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_2509113\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/guy-benson\/\">Guy Benson<\/a> said on Tuesday that former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4460331\/obama-no-position-to-lecture-about-decency\/\">Barack Obama<\/a> has &ldquo;no concept&rdquo; of acting divisively when assessing the two political parties in a new interview.<\/p>\n<p>Obama said on Saturday that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4458703\/obama-reaction-trump-racist-ape-video\/\">Democrats are &ldquo;coming together&rdquo;<\/a> as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4461202\/real-differences-inside-gop-vance-rubio-rivalry\/\">Republican Party<\/a> engages in &ldquo;the mean, angry, exclusive, us\/them, divisive politics.&rdquo; Benson said he thinks the &ldquo;collective response&rdquo; from conservatives to Obama&rsquo;s statement is &ldquo;spare us&rdquo; and &ldquo;how completely preposterous.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4461353\/beshear-latest-democrat-memoir-2028-election\/\">Beshear announces new book as governor becomes latest Democrat to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >write memoir ahead<\/a> of 2028<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4461202\/real-differences-inside-gop-vance-rubio-rivalry\/\">The real differences inside the GOP driving Vance-Rubio rivalry talk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4457594\/aoc-munich-gaffe-2028-race\/\">AOC&#8217;s Munich gaffes reveal possible 2028 challenges<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Just on its face, Charlie, the way that he framed the whole discussion was classic, divisive, self-unaware Barack Obama. He&rsquo;s like, &lsquo;Oh, us vs. them? That&rsquo;s not us, that&rsquo;s them! We would never do such a bad thing, only they would, right?&rsquo;&rdquo; Benson said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em>. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s doing it literally in the interview while having no concept that he&rsquo;s doing it yet again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4459907\/trump-wes-moore-blame-game-massive-potomac-river-waste-spill\/\"><strong>TRUMP AND MOORE PLAY BLAME GAME OVER MASSIVE POTOMAC WASTE SPILL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3380790&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=de089547b764d0ee17ec3150e0e216d2\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;And this was part of his brand, right, with nice rhetorical flourishes, but this was a conformity-demanding demagogue for eight years as president,&rdquo; Benson said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When he gets involved in politics to this day, this is the way that he argues, not just in rhetoric, but in policy as well. And to say, &lsquo;Oh, the only anti-unity, nasty people are on the right,&rsquo; he must have been in some sort of intellectual coma for the last 50 years if he actually believes that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Benson looked back at Obama&rsquo;s policies during his presidency, including his &ldquo;yearslong crusade&rdquo; to sue nuns and &ldquo;force them&rdquo; to engage with his edicts on contraception. He added that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/obamacare\/\">Obamacare<\/a>, the former president&rsquo;s &ldquo;signature accomplishment,&rdquo; was set up to &ldquo;punish&rdquo; states that didn&rsquo;t want to &ldquo;go along with elements of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Obama said on Saturday that &ldquo;respect for the office&rdquo; has been lost when responding to a video on President Donald Trump&rsquo;s social media account, which depicted the former president and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4458835\/obama-jokes-aliens-are-real\/\"><strong>OBAMA JOKES ALIENS ARE &lsquo;REAL,&rsquo; BUT ARE NOT HELD AT AREA 51<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also said he thinks people across the country still &ldquo;believe in decency, courtesy, kindness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Obama added that the Democratic Party did come off as &ldquo;scolds&rdquo; to voters on certain issues, describing this as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-says-respect-for-the-office-lost-after-trump-shares-racist-ape-video\/\" title=\"... says &#039;respect for the office&#039; lost after ... shares racist ape video\">virtue-signaling&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that pushes voters away. He added that in order to create a welcoming environment, the party&rsquo;s message needs to be &ldquo;none of us are perfect,&rdquo; something he said the party needs to recover from.<\/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>Benson: Obama demagogic, blind to his own divisiveness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2571044,"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\/AP25304685981495-e1771426846180.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39115,5315,10423],"class_list":["post-2571043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-demagogue","tag-obama","tag-presidency"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25304685981495-e1771426846180.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571043","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=2571043"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571047,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571043\/revisions\/2571047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2571044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}