Barack Obama’s recent, and profoundly hypocritical, condemnation of the Trump administration’s supposed weaponization of cancel culture has been met with a stunning and factual rebuke from comedian Roseanne Barr. The former President, attempting to defend the indefensible lies of Jimmy Kimmel, exposed his own administration’s long and sordid history of silencing political opponents. Instead of condemning Kimmel’s grotesque and dangerous lie about the murder of Charlie Kirk, Obama chose to lecture America on government overreach, a concept his own team perfected.
This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it. https://t.co/gOjqFnGv0I
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 18, 2025
Roseanne Barr, who understands the brutal reality of left-wing cancellation better than most, instantly saw through Obama’s disingenuous performance. She responded with a devastatingly simple question that exposed the entire charade, directly stating to Obama, “Remember when you and your wife called Bob Iger to have me fired?” This single sentence, a direct quote from Barr’s response, completely dismantles Obama’s feigned concern for free speech and reveals the deep-seated hypocrisy of the liberal elite.
This is not a mere allegation. Barr revealed in a 2019 interview with the Sunday Times Magazine that Michelle Obama personally pressured ABC executives to axe her and her wildly popular show. The executive who carried out the firing, former ABC president Channing Dungey, later went on to work directly with the Obamas at their Netflix production company, highlighting the incestuous relationship between the leftist media complex and the Democratic political machine. Barr has consistently maintained that while her tweet was “stupid,” her firing was a politically motivated act designed to silence a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump.
Remember when you and your wife called Bob Iger to have me fired? https://t.co/w5BcJ1bsLC
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) September 18, 2025
This incident is not an outlier; it is the defining pattern of the liberal left. While they theatrically bemoan cancel culture when it suits them, they are its primary architects and most enthusiastic practitioners. The list of conservatives and free thinkers targeted for destruction is long and alarming, a testament to the left’s intolerance for any dissent from their approved narrative. Gina Carano was fired from The Mandalorian for “wrongthink.” Megyn Kelly was ousted by NBC for Halloween costume commentary. Dave Chappelle was targeted by Netflix employees for “transphobia.”
The attacks extend beyond individuals to entire platforms. Joe Rogan was smeared and nearly canceled over his COVID discussions. Tucker Carlson was taken off Fox News after coordinated advertiser pressure campaigns. Parler was wiped off the internet by Apple, Google, and Amazon in a stunning display of corporate collusion. J.K. Rowling has been blacklisted for defending women’s rights. Mike Lindell was banned from Twitter and retailers for supporting Trump. The Gateway Pundit was banned on Google AdSense, Amazon Ads, and PayPal for reporting truthfully on election fraud and COVID.
Furthermore, Obama’s criticism is hilariously rich given his own administration’s direct war on the free press, a stark contrast to the media-friendly environment fostered by President Trump. In October of 2009, the Obama White House openly tried to exclude Fox News from a pooled interview, a move so blatant that other networks refused to participate until Fox was included. In May 2013, the Obama Department of Justice secretly seized two months of Associated Press reporters’ phone records, an intrusion the AP itself called “massive and unprecedented.”
That very same month, the DOJ infamously labeled Fox News reporter James Rosen a “co-conspirator” in a leak investigation, a blatant ruse used to obtain his private emails and phone records. Then, in early 2014, Obama’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) floated a terrifying “Critical Information Needs” study that proposed sending government officials into newsrooms to monitor and question reporters and editors about their editorial process, a move straight out of an authoritarian playbook that was only scrapped after a massive First Amendment backlash.
h/t: Steadfast and Loyal
