{"id":114761,"date":"2025-02-26T10:55:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/?p=114761"},"modified":"2025-02-26T10:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:55:56","slug":"the-only-seven-times-barack-obama-shed-tears-during-his-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/the-only-seven-times-barack-obama-shed-tears-during-his-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The only seven times Barack Obama shed tears during his eight years&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The only seven times Barack Obama shed tears during his eight years in office as US president&hellip;\n</p><p><strong>The passing of Dorothy Height\n<p>Dorothy Height was known as the \u201cGodmother of American civil rights\u201d and once marched with Martin Luther King Jr.\n</p><p>Dorothy passed away in 2010 at the age of 98. She had continued to campaign long into her nineties.\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-114769 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/inovatestory.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/93530683_barackcrylead976.jpg-640x360-1.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"640\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/93530683_barackcrylead976.jpg-640x360-1.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p><strong>The Sandy Hook school massacre\n<p>In 2012, twenty children, aged between six and seven years old, and six teachers were shot d3ad by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook elementary school.\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-114765 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/inovatestory.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/93355485_obamacry_dorothyheight976.jpg.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"976\"' height='\"549\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/93355485_obamacry_dorothyheight976.jpg.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>\u201cI can only hope it helps for you to know that you\u2019re not alone in your grief,\u201d shared an emotional Obama in a speech following the attack.\n</p><p>\u201cWe have wept with you, we\u2019ve pulled our children tight.\u201d\n</p><p><strong>Inauguration Ceremony\n<p>Barack Obama became upset because he made his farewell speech as US president on Tuesday night in Chicago.\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-114764 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/inovatestory.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/93355482_obamacry_grandmother976.jpg-640x360-1.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"640\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/93355482_obamacry_grandmother976.jpg-640x360-1.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>It was mention of his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia that made him cry.\n</p><p>\u201cOf all that I\u2019ve done in my life, I\u2019m most proud to be your dad,\u201d he said.\n</p><p><strong>The loss of his grandmother\n<p>Barack Obama\u2019s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, passed away from canc3r on November 3 2008 in the last day of his campaign for presidency.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-114766 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/inovatestory.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/93356998_obamacry_danielinouyefuneral976.jpg-640x360-1.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"640\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/93356998_obamacry_danielinouyefuneral976.jpg-640x360-1.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>He mentioned her during a speech at the University of North Carolina.\n</p><p>\u201cShe has gone home,\u201d he said, before telling crowds her loss was \u201chard to talk about\u201d.\n</p><p><strong>The funeral of Daniel Inouye\n<p>Daniel Inouye was a Hawaiian US senator for 49 years, between 1963 and 2012.\n</p><p>After Inouye\u2019s d3ath, Barack Obama\u2019s career had been inspired by the Asian\/American politician because he was born in Hawaii.\n</p><p>\u201cThe way he commanded the respect of an entire nation, I think it hinted to me what might be possible in my own life,\u201d Obama said in 2012.\n</p><p><strong>The introduction of new g*n laws in the US\n<p>Barack Obama shared about the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre as he introduced new g*n laws in America in January 2016: \u201cEvery time I think about those kids, it gets me mad,\u201d\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-114767 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/inovatestory.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/93357002_obamacry_aretha976.jpg-640x360-1.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"640\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/93357002_obamacry_aretha976.jpg-640x360-1.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In 2015 he told BBC that his failure to pass \u201ccommon sense g*n laws\u201d in the US was the significant frustration of his presidency.\n</p><p><strong>The Aretha Franklin moment\n<p>When it mentions surprise guests, it doesn\u2019t get much bigger than the queen of soul herself, Aretha Franklin.\n</p><p>Barack and Michelle Obama were guests at a tribute to songwriter Carole King in Washington in 2015 when Aretha performed (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.\n</p><p>The video of the moment, televised by CBS, attracted viewed millions of time on YouTube.\n</p><p>&nbsp;\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>The only seven times Barack Obama shed tears during his eight years in office as US president&hellip; The passing of Dorothy Height Dorothy Height was known as the \u201cGodmother of American civil rights\u201d and once marched with Martin Luther King Jr. Dorothy passed away in 2010 at the age of 98. 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