Obama is in no position to lecture us about decency

Published February 17, 2026 2:00pm ET



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In a recent interview with No Lie podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen, former President Barack Obama claimed that conservatives do “the mean, angry, exclusive, us/them, divisive politics. That’s their home court. Our court is coming together.”

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