Rep. Mike Kelly: Obama Stayed In Washington D.C. To Run A ‘Shadow Government’ (VIDEO)

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 20: From left, Reps. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Tom Marino, R-Pa., are seen on the West Front of the Capitol before Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of th... UNITED STATES - JANUARY 20: From left, Reps. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Tom Marino, R-Pa., are seen on the West Front of the Capitol before Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, January 20, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS

A Pennsylvania congressman has accused former President Barack Obama of staying in Washington solely to run a “shadow government” to undermine the GOP agenda.

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly made the claim to fellow Republicans at an event Saturday north of Pittsburgh.

A video clip posted to YouTube shows Kelly saying that Obama remained in Washington for “one purpose only … to run the shadow government that is going to totally upset the new agenda.”

The Obamas have said they would remain in the nation’s capital until their youngest daughter, Sasha, completes high school.

Kelly’s spokesman said Friday the congressman was just “sharing the frustration of everyone in the room over how they believe certain Obama administration holdovers” are trying to upset President Donald Trump’s agenda.

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  1. That’s terrible! We all know the shadow government belongs in Moscow!

  2. Avatar for tena tena says:

    Listen, if Obama can beat LePen then he needs to run for that office.

    And then he can be head of the EU. I’m so worried about the EU - it worries me incessantly almost more than anything else. I have fallen in love with the entire concept of the EU and I hate the thought of it falling apart.

  3. “A Pennsylvania congressman has accused former President Barack Obama of staying in Washington solely to run a ‘shadow government’ to undermine the GOP agenda.”

    “Do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk, ice cream…ice cream, Mandrake…children’s ice cream.”

  4. These jerks are unfit to govern.

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