Sheriff David Clarke: Obama Is 'a Straight-Up Cop Hater'

Former President Barack Obama dislikes the law enforcement community, author and Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke told Newsmax TV on Thursday.

Clarke told "America Talks Live" host Steve Malzberg he is disgusted by what Obama has said in the past regarding police officers.

"Former President Obama is a straight-up cop hater," said Clarke, the author of "Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime and Politics for a Better America." "He said some very disparaging things.

"He painted this broad brush about the American law enforcement officers. One of the most distasteful things he said was in an interview, and this is pretty close to a quote, he said our American police officers have a fear of people that don't look like them. That is disgusting, but that's what we've had to endure for the last eight years."

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Clarke was also asked about some liberals saying President Donald Trump used the widow of a slain Navy SEAL as a prop during his Capitol Hill speech Tuesday night.

"First of all, these people are airheads; that's what they are," Clarke said. "We need to honor people. We need to honor their loved ones. It's the same with the fallen law enforcement officer. How is that exploiting somebody?"

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