Obama Reminds Troops They Have the Right to ‘Protest Against Authority’ and ‘Criticize Our President’
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com
December 7, 2016
In a speech at MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, President Obama focused on his eight-year effort to protect the homeland, fight terrorism, and strengthen U.S. allies. He said he wanted to “talk about the foundation that we will leave for the next administration.”
On the way to Florida, Obama’s spokesman Josh Earnest said told reporters, “This is a speech that President Obama was prepared to give before the election.” But at times, it didn’t sound like it.
At one point, Obama reminded the troops “that each of us has…the universal right to speak your minds and to protest against authority; to live in a society that’s open and free; that can criticize our president without retribution.”
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