Former President Barack Obama delivered a powerful message for troubled Democrats at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser last night in Beverly Hills, urging them to do more than just mope.
“Do not wait for the perfect message, don’t wait to feel a tingle in your spine because you’re expecting politicians to be so inspiring and poetic and moving that somehow, ‘OK, I’ll get off my couch after all and go spend the 15 to 20 minutes it takes for me to vote,’” Obama said, according to Politico, who attended the event. “Because that’s part of what happened in the last election. I heard that too much.”
During his address, Obama did not mention President Trump by name, but he talked about issues with the Trump presidency.
“Fear is powerful,” Obama said, according to Politico. “Telling people that somebody’s out to get you, or somebody took your job, or somebody has it out for you, or is going to change you, or your community, or your way of life — that’s an old story and it has shown itself to be powerful in societies all around the world. It is a deliberate, systematic effort to tap into that part of our brain that carries fear in it.”
Obama called on people to do more.
“If what you are doing requires no sacrifice at all, then you can do more,” Obama said, according to CNN. “If you are one of these folks who is watching cable news at your cocktail parties with your friends and you are saying ‘civilization is collapsing’ and you are nervous and worried, but that is not where you are putting all your time, energy and money, then either you don’t actually think civilization is collapsing … or you are not pushing yourself hard enough and I would push harder.
“Enough moping, this is a mope-free zone.”
