Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau thinks President-elect Trump should emulate what his former boss said in his victory speech on election night in 2008:
What @POTUS said when Democrats won unified control of government by a much larger margin in 2008 pic.twitter.com/9RIVaQEnnc
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 15, 2016
Oh really? This call for bipartisanship lasted until his first meeting with Republicans after his inauguration when he told them, “I won” after they brought up legitimate concerns regarding the president’s planned stimulus bill:
@SeanTrende And that’s exactly as he behaved, Jon. What a star he was. Thankfully, he didn’t say “I won” and rush ahead.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/798563667675643906
Or in 2010 when he said Republicans “can come for the ride, but they have to sit in back”:
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/798566400730140672
Here’s the video:
And don’t forget how Obama got Obamacare passed:
It's quaint to see Obama staffers talking about how Obama urged against behaving in an aggressively partisan fashion after '08 win…
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) November 15, 2016
…when within 24 months, they rammed Obamacare– a deeply partisan and divisive piece of legislation that just helped cost them '16– thru.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) November 15, 2016
Payback time.
***
Join the conversation as a VIP Member