us-mexico border and the droning of countries around the world on obama's watch, she argues the democratic presidents operated within the same fundamentally broken framework as his republicans closer, quote, we can't be only upset with trump, his policies are bad but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. that is not what we should be looking for anymore. we don't want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. we have to recognize the policies behind the pretty face and smile. he took heat from democrats for criticizing president obama. she took to twitter to complain about the politico article. omar tweeting exhibit a of how reporters distort words. i'm an obama fan. i was saying out trump is different from obama and why we should focus on policy, not politics, this is why i always tape my interviews. here is what she said on the tape in the article.