{"id":47158,"date":"2018-09-09T06:24:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T06:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=47158"},"modified":"2018-09-09T06:24:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T06:24:03","slug":"obama-rebukes-trump-republicans-for-abuses-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=47158","title":{"rendered":"Obama rebukes Trump, Republicans for &#8216;abuses of power&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-47159 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/123428obama-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/123428obama-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/123428obama-696x387.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/123428obama-755x420.jpg 755w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/123428obama.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/>International desk: Former U.S. President Barack Obama assailed President Donald Trump and Republicans on Friday, urging Democrats to deliver a check on the administration\u2019s \u201cabuses of power\u201d and restore a sense of sanity to politics by voting in November\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In an unusually blistering attack on his successor, Obama said Americans were living in dangerous times and accused Republicans of threatening democracy, dividing the country, undermining global alliances and cozying up to Russia, reports Reuters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIn two months we have the chance, not the certainty, but the chance to restore some semblance of sanity to our politics,\u201d he said in a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. \u201cThere is actually only one check on bad policy and abuses of power, and that\u2019s you and your vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Both parties are urging their core supporters to get to the polls for the Nov. 6 midterm elections, when Democrats need to pick up 23 seats in the House of Representatives and two seats in the Senate to gain majorities in Congress and slam the brakes on Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Obama, who had frustrated some Democrats by keeping a relatively low profile since leaving office in January 2017, accused Republicans of being unwilling to safeguard democracy or offer a check on Trump\u2019s policies or worst instincts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International desk: Former U.S. President Barack Obama assailed President Donald Trump and Republicans on Friday, urging Democrats to deliver a check on the administration\u2019s \u201cabuses of power\u201d and restore a sense of sanity to politics by voting in November\u2019s elections. 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