Obama Tells Democrats to Quit ‘Moping’ And Start Sacrificing Before Midterms

Former President Barack Obama had a tough talk with members of his party on Thursday.

The former president, often seen as a hero within the party, told a Democratic National Committee fundraiser to quit “moping” and start sacrificing to prevent the current president from hurting the country.

“If what you are doing requires no sacrifice at all, then you can do more,” he said, according to CNN. “Enough moping, this is a mope-free zone,” he also said.

Obama’s tough love came as many predicted Trump would have a catastrophic impact on the country. His speech came just a day after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, something many suggested would spell an end to the landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade.

“This is a moment of great urgency and you are right to be concerned,” Obama told the crowd. But he also indicated that people weren’t genuinely concerned if they weren’t doing more to impact the political landscape.

“If you are one of these folks who is watching cable news at your cocktail parties with your friends and you are saying ‘civilization is collapsing’ and you are nervous and worried, but that is not where you are putting all your time, energy and money, then either you don’t actually think civilization is collapsing … or you are not pushing yourself hard enough and I would push harder.”

While appearing on the Late Show on Thursday, filmmaker Michael Moore similarly called for greater sacrifice as the Trump administration separated migrant families at the border.

“The only way that we’re going to stop this is eventually we’re all going to have to put our bodies on the line,” he said.

“You’re going to have to be willing to do this,” he added. “When I see those children down in Brownsville I don’t see them as somebody else’s children, I see them as my children. Those are my children.”

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