So, soon to be ex-president Obama won't be going away anytime soon. After George W. Bush left office, he essentially went silent. He had no criticism for President Obama. He didn't sound off about Mitt Romney or Donald Trump. He went away. Not so for President Barack Obama. It seems that Obama will follow the Jimmy Carter pathway to annoying land. He'll be commenting whenever possible. After acknowledging that

Bush, quote, could not have been more gracious to me when I came in. As an American citizen

who cares deeply about our country, if there are issues that have less to do with the specifics

of some legislative proposal or battle, or go to court questions about our values and ideals,

and if I think it's necessary or helpful for me to defend those ideals, I'll examine it

when it comes. Unquote. This should come as welcome news for Republicans. Obama's policy on popularity,

his tendency to lecture us from on high to Americans in rural areas, it means that he'll suck

all the oxygen out of the room when it comes to criticizing Trump and Republicans. Middle

Americans voted for Trump, at least partially, in order to sound off against Obama's obvious scorn for them. Here's what Obama just had to say about those who didn't vote for Trump in today's Der Spiegel. Is a direct quote from Obama, quote, if you look at the new generation of Americans, they reflect the vision I spoke about. They're diverse. They believe in tolerance. They're accepting of things like same-sex marriage. They believe

in integration. The problem, though, is that young people are less likely to vote than older

people. What results is a situation in which sometimes the elections don't fully reflect the views

of the American population. Essentially, the president-elect was supported by about 27% of the

American population. One of our challenges historically is that we have very low voting

rates, even during presidential elections. This sort of language, it drove Americans to Trump, right?

Everybody who is for Trump hates gays and hates black people and is against integration.

If Obama continues to critique Trump from the outside with this sort of language, not only will he be

doing Trump a favor, he'll be preventing any other Democrat from taking a leading role in opposing Trump. He'll actually become the point of

resistance for his own party, and his party won't be able to escape his shadow. Obama's ego

has already cost his party, the presidency of the Senate, the House, a bevy of state

legislatures and governor's mansions. Now it may cost them the future. Excellent. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is the Ben Shapiro show.

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