Former President Barack Obama just pointed out the glaring hypocrisy around President Donald Trump’s mounting campaign to send National Guard troops to crack down on American cities.
During the Monday episode of Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast, Obama imagined how the right would have reacted if he pulled a similar move targeting Republican-led states and cities during his time in office.
“If I had sent in the National Guard into Texas and just said, ‘You know what? A lot of problems in Dallas, a lot of crime there, and I don’t care what [Texas Gov. Greg] Abbott says. I’m going to kind of take over law enforcement, because I think things are out of control.’ It is mind-boggling to me how Fox News would have responded,” Obama told Maron.
The Democrat also explained why he’s always believed it’s vital to keep a buffer between armed forces and those at the top of government, whether at home or abroad.
“It wasn’t controversial for me to go to other countries and say, ‘You know what? It’s a good idea for militaries to be under civilian control,’ because when you have military that can direct force against their own people, that is inherently corrupting,” he explained.
