Obama Should Be Out There More Countering Trump In 'moment Of Crisis,' Msnbc Panelist Says

An MSNBC panelist urged erstwhile President Barack Obama to speak retired much often connected Saturday aft he urged members of his statement to "toughen up" astatine a caller fundraiser. 

"I cognize he’s done being president, and galore will opportunity he doesn’t beryllium america thing else, but I deliberation if we are successful a infinitesimal of crisis, and you’ve ever led this country, you should still attraction astir this state capable to beryllium retired there. I’ve had this crazy thought that if each clip Donald Trump did thing crazy aliases said thing crazy, Barack Obama should person a property convention aliases something," Shaniqua McClendon, nan vice president of governmental strategy astatine Crooked Media, said during MSNBC's "The Weekend."

McClendon agreed pinch Obama's caller proposal that Democrats should "toughen up," but urged nan erstwhile president to get retired location much himself arsenic personification who served arsenic president.

"He is personification who tin bid attention. And truthful portion of wherever I don’t deliberation it’s adjacent is, astir Democrats are not Barack Obama. They can’t bid attraction nan measurement he can. And we’re successful a media situation that moreover if you are fighting, if nary 1 hears you, it’s not worthy anything. People perceive to him. So I do deliberation it’s fair," McClendon continued.

Shaniqua McClendon suggested during an quality connected MSNBC that erstwhile President Obama should beryllium doing much to antagonistic President Trump.

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During a July fundraiser, Obama suggested members of nan statement should extremity complaining truthful much.

"I deliberation it’s going to require a small spot little navel-gazing and a small little whining and being successful fetal positions. And it’s going to require Democrats to conscionable toughen up," Obama said astatine nan fundraiser, according to excerpts obtained by CNN. "Don’t show maine you’re a Democrat, but you’re benignant of disappointed correct now, truthful you’re not doing anything. No, now is precisely nan clip that you get successful location and do something."

MSNBC big Catherine Rampell wondered if Obama would beryllium accused of sucking up each nan oxygen if he was retired location more. 

Former U.S. President Barack Obama. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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"He astir apt would beryllium accused of that. But those group are not pushing done correct now," McClendon said. 

She suggested immoderate Democrats, specified arsenic Reps. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., were breaking through, but astir were not.

"The constituent now is that we are successful a really dire situation… Our authorities are being taken distant each day. And if Barack Obama is personification who tin push backmost connected that and astatine slightest get group to salary attraction to nan truth that that’s happening, it matters a lot. And so, yeah, I deliberation that is not an argument, I wish that was nan point we had to interest about," she added. 

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President Donald Trump listens during a gathering pinch Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa successful nan Oval Office of nan White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Hosts of "The View" criticized Obama's advice, arguing that Democrats had been retired location fighting against Trump.