People on Twitter Are Begging Obama to Come Back From Vacation
On Monday, former President Barack Obama said he "fundamentally disagrees" with Trump's new immigration executive order and backed demonstrators who protested at airports around the country throughout the weekend, CNN reported.
Obama's spokesperson, Kevin Lewis, said, "With regard to comparisons to President Obama’s foreign policy decisions, as we’ve heard before, the President fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion.” He also added that Obama was "heartened" by the highly vocal reactions across the country to the Muslim ban.
Obama's response came after Trump defended his recent executive order, saying that it was "similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months," according to USA Today. However, there was a fundamental difference between Obama's actions and Trump's ban: Obama was responding a tangible threat. Additionally, the Obama administration pointed out that they never stopped accepting visas from Iraq, simply that the visa process was slowed down, according to the Washington Post.
Obama's response came as a surprise to many people on social media, some of who've been tweeting outcries to bring Obama back into office since Trump took office just over a week ago
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