• Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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      6 hours ago

      No, he had a black Muslim African father, an active campaign to paint him as not-American (with a heavy subtext of not-white), and the middle name Hussein when trying to succeed the War on Terror president. And Republicans (including Trump) tried their damnedest to make that define him. And then Democrats won a supermajority.

      Obama had way more to overcome, but all that stuff is irrelevant if you have charisma and a popular platform.