LaRouche activists Anastasia and Stewart Battle intervened on former President Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Detroit on Oct. 29. The Battles shouted from the audience challenging Obama for his role in running the coup d’etat in Ukraine and his policy of escalating tensions that has led to the present danger of nuclear warfare. That intervention has been spread widely through social media and print media, seen by millions.
Jimmy Dore, an activist comedian who discusses current political and strategic events, dedicated 15 minutes of his show to the intervention on Obama by the Battles.
Dore opened his show saying, “So, Barack Obama got heckled over the Democrats’ war mongering, and his war mongering. So, you know Barack Obama took us from two wars to seven; Barack Obama dropped more bombs than George Bush; Barack Obama presided over the invasion and bombing of Libya and turning it into a failed state, with open slave markets—they did that with NATO. He also occupied Afghanistan…”
Following that apt description of Obama’s presidency, Dore showed a screen shot of Jose Vega’s posting of the Battles’ intervention, noting that Vega had earlier intervened on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her support for nuclear war, and said that the Battles showed up to call out “blood-thirsty Obama” for his role in instigating the conflict in Ukraine.
Dore laid into Obama for his calls for civility after the Battles intervened, reminding the audience that Obama is one of the most powerful people in the world, and is still considered the leader of the Democratic Party:
“So, these are people protesting one of the most powerful men in the world about nuclear war—this is not the same thing as interrupting someone at work—you fucking piece of shit on purpose.”
Chiding Obama for saying “come on” and calling for dialogue in response to the Battles’ disdain for civility, Dore laid into Obama again:
