‘We Don’t Got the Time Today for This!’ Abby Phillip Table Erupts Over Whether Obama is Actually ‘Black’

Zachary Leeman Sep 20th, 2025, 12:21 pm

CNN’s Abby Phillip tried pivoting a debate at her table on Saturday in which one panelist asked whether former President Barack Obama is “Black.”

On CNN’s Table for Five , podcast co-host Kmele Foster surprised everyone when he asked, “Is he Black?” as Obama was being discussed.

Foster earlier had argued Obama made the country much more divisive, an argument Phillip said she’d heard from conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro as well.

Foster said:

I too miss that particular era of our politics. Things were a little bit less acrimonious. That said, I do think that the election of Barack Obama in some circles is perhaps a little m

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