Former US president Barack Obama i former vice president of Kamala Harris gave speeches on the state of the country under the rule Donald Trump. They both spared no criticism of the current administration, ”CNN said.
Obama criticizes Trump. “Imagine what would be”
Obama sharply criticized Trump's actions aimed at transforming the federal government, repression of immigrants and intimidating the media and the legal environment.
– Imagine what would happen if I did anything of it – said the former president during the speech in Hamilton College in New York. “It is unthinkable that the same people who are silent now tolerate this behavior on my part or my predecessors,” he added.
In his opinion, the announcement by Trump new duties For all countries “is not good for America”. Obama emphasized, however, that he was more worried about violating his rights by White House.
Barack Obama: I am more worried about the federal government
– I'm more worried about federal government, who threatens universities and wants them to give up students exercising their right to freedom of speech – said Obama.
– the idea that White House He may say law firm that he will prevent them from represented people effectively, he is contrary to the basic pact that we have as Americans – he emphasized.
Kamala Harris: We see organizations that are silent
In turn, Harris said that Trump's decisions were largely predictable. “There were many things that we knew they would happen,” she said, she was vice president in a video recording published by the MSNBC station.
She emphasized that she was aware that Trump's return to Oval office He caused a “great sense of fear.”
– We see organizations that are silent. We see those who undergo clearly unconstitutional threats. And these are the things we have witnessed every day in the last few months in our country, and it is understandable that it causes it A great sense of fear she said.
Harris pointed out, however, that although fear is “contagious”, it is also courage. “My dear friends, courage is also contagious,” she said.