r/neoliberal • u/Sine_Fine_Belli NATO • 2d ago

News (US) Obama and Harris publicly rebuke Trump’s second-term actions

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/obama-harris-rebuke-trump/index.html
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u/DeparturePlenty4446 1d ago

Thanks, Obamna

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u/breadlygames 1d ago edited 1d ago

This, but unironically. IIRC, the Obamas privately supported dropping Biden after the debate disaster, which is good. But they wanted his replacement to be Harris, which brought all of the baggage of Biden's unpopular (deservedly or not) administration. If you looked at the betting markets, you'd have seen she had the worst conditional odds of any Democratic candidate. Gretchen Whitmer had the best conditional odds, by quite a ways, if memory serves. Against Trump, we should have gone with the candidate who had the best odds.

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u/benkkelly 1d ago

I thought Obama was anti Harris?

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u/breadlygames 1d ago

Hmm looks like there was some news recently that says you're right, which I missed. I was basing my opinion on the fact that they publicly supported her soon after Biden pulled out.