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Obama Makes Bizarre Excuse For ‘Evangelical’ Hispanics Voting Trump, Ignoring Illegals ‘In Cages,’ Trump’s ‘Racism’

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Obama Makes Bizarre Excuse For ‘Evangelical’ Hispanics Voting Trump, Ignoring Illegals ‘In Cages,’ Trump’s ‘Racism’
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Former President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that the Hispanics who voted for President Donald Trump in 2020 were evangelical Christians who opposed gay marriage and abortion so fiercely they overlooked illegal immigrants “in cages” and Trump’s “racism.”

Notably, the “cages” Obama to which was referring were built and used during his administration. And though Obama posits a coherent argument about abortion, Trump, unlike his predecessor, has always supported gay marriage; Obama did not politically embrace gay marriage until 2012.

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