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Former President Barack Obama took aim at the Founding Fathers ahead of America\u2019s 250th anniversary, saying they held a “deep flaw” for their ties to slavery despite being “geniuses.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think sometimes we get confused in thinking that these two stories are separate. They’re intertwined, right? Which is why it’s possible for me to be a great admirer of George Washington, and also acknowledge he was a slaveholder,” said Obama in an interview Sunday with MSNOW.<\/p>\n

The 44th president’s appearance comes as most Americans prepare to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday<\/a> on Saturday with patriotic events across the country, while Obama is using the milestone to deliver a more cautionary message about the state of American democracy.<\/p>\n

OBAMA KNOCKS FOUNDERS AT PRESIDENTIAL CENTER DEBUT BEFORE AMERICA\u2019S 250TH: \u2018FELL TERRIBLY SHORT\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“That does not negate [Washington\u2019s] greatness, it simply acknowledges that there’s a profound deep flaw in these Founding Fathers who were also geniuses and gave us these tools,” Obama said.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s that we’re this mixed bag, we’ve got contradictions. And embody the country’s contradictions,” he added.<\/p>\n

OBAMA KNOCKS FOUNDERS AT PRESIDENTIAL CENTER DEBUT BEFORE AMERICA\u2019S 250TH: \u2018FELL TERRIBLY SHORT\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Obama has been making many media appearances leading up to and following the opening of his presidential center<\/a> in Chicago earlier this month. The expansive center includes a museum, library branch, community programming and is intended as a legacy project tied to Obama\u2019s political roots on Chicago\u2019s South Side.<\/p>\n

OBAMA KNOCKS FOUNDERS AT PRESIDENTIAL CENTER DEBUT BEFORE AMERICA\u2019S 250TH: \u2018FELL TERRIBLY SHORT\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

During the center’s opening ceremony, which attracted former presidents and Hollywood elites, Obama took a swipe at the founders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The success of this experiment was never a given,” Obama said in his speech, referring to the nation’s founding.<\/p>\n

“In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property. But in drafting a Constitution and a Bill of rights<\/a>, they did have the foresight, the genius, to provide us with a framework that allows each generation to make our union more perfect,” he added.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Obama’s office for additional comment on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During Obama\u2019s early political rise, researchers found that some of his White ancestors had owned slaves in the U.S., a discovery that has resurfaced periodically in political discourse, including in 2019 comments by then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.<\/p>\n

“While a relative owned slaves, another fought for the Union in the Civil War,” then-Obama spokesman Bill Burton confirmed to the Associated Press in 2007 of the upcoming president’s family history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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