‘American values are at stake’ Says Obama on Protests

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By Kody Fairfield

Former President Barack Obama has released a statement supporting the protests going on around the country. He spoke out against discrimination based on race or religion, saying “American values are at stake.”

Politico reports that Kevin Lewis, spokesman for Obama in his post-presidency, said that Obama — who has been threading the balance between the tradition of presidents deferring to their successors and coming out against President Donald Trump on specific issues he considered core values — “is heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country.”

“Citizens exercising their Constitutional right to assemble, organize and have their voices heard by their elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when American values are at stake,” 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,” Lewis said.

This was President Obama’s first post-presidency statement.

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