Obama Warns Of Complacency: “That’s What Happened In Germany…60 Million People Died”

CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 05: Former president Barack Obama speaks to a gathering of more than 50 mayors and other guests during the North American Climate Summit on December 5, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The summit was held to bring together leaders from the U.S., Canada and Mexico to commit their cities to addressing climate change at the local level.

He never mentioned Donald Trump by name but everyone who heard Barack Obama speak knew exactly who he was talking about. Crain’s Chicago Business reports on the former president’s remarks to The Economic Club of Chicago.

“The danger is ‘grow(ing) complacent,’ Obama said. ‘We have to tend to this garden of democracy or else things could fall apart quickly.’

That’s what happened in Germany in the 1930s, which despite the democracy of the Weimar Republic and centuries of high-level cultural and scientific achievements, Adolph Hitler rose to dominate, Obama noted. ‘Sixty million people died. . . .So, you’ve got to pay attention. And vote.'”