President Barack Obama Played Golf on 7 Out of 8 Memorial Day Weekends
by Joel B. Pollak
President Donald Trump has taken criticism from his opponents and the media for golfing on Memorial Day weekend. But his predecessor, President Barack Obama, golfed on seven of the eight Memorial Day weekends of his presidency.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee to challenge Trump in the fall, tweeted a criticism that Trump was golfing on Saturday, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic:
Nearly 100,000 lives have been lost, and tens of millions are out of work.
Meanwhile, the president spent his day golfing. pic.twitter.com/H1BVNtgVjA
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 24, 2020
The media echoed that criticism.
However, President Obama was notorious for golfing — even when the country was at war, or in mid-crisis. And he golfed on Memorial Day weekend every year but one. According to the tally at trumpgolfoutings.com, Obama golfed:
- Monday, May 25, 2009
- Monday, May 30, 2011
- Saturday, May 26, 2012
- Saturday, May 25, 2013
- Saturday, May 24, 2014
- Saturday, May 23, 2015
- Saturday, May 28, 2016
full story at https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/25/president-barack-obama-played-golf-on-7-out-of-8-memorial-day-weekends/