Roger Stone on Thursday dismissed a recent suggestion by former President Barack Obama, telling Newsmax the idea that the Trump administration empowered extremists as “laughable.”
On Tuesday, Obama spoke at the Jefferson Educational Society in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he was asked about the spate of political violence in the U.S. this year, including the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk last week in Utah.
“Whether we’re Democrats, Republicans, independents, we have to recognize that on both sides, undoubtedly, there are people who are extremists and who say things that are contrary to what I believe are America’s core values,” Obama said.
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