Obama privately told journalists that the GOP was 'ideologically completely incoherent' shortly before leaving office in 2017: Bloomberg

According to a report, President Barack Obama told a group of reporters that the Republican Party had become completely incoherent.

The off-the-record conversation that was held just three days before Donald Trump would assume the presidency came to light after the Justice Department released a set of documents related to a Freedom of Information Act request.

During his two terms in the White House, Obama clashed with many of the more conservative elements of the GOP.

He said that he didn't know what they stood for.

The liberal who looks down on them and feeds all that regional resentment is opposition to me. There are a few issues, like guns, that cause that sense of 'these folks aren't like us and they don't like us and act like us' There are some racial elements in that stew.

In 2008, Obama easily defeated McCain and in 2012 he was reelected.

The creation of theAffordable Care Act, which expanded health care for millions of Americans, was one of the most prominent policy fights that Obama had with Republicans.

TheTea Party wave of November 2010 resulted in Democrats losing control of the House and a more reduced Senate majority, as a result of the opposition to the legislation that was passed by robust Democratic congressional majorities in late 2009.

House Republicans voted multiple times to dismantle the law during Obama's time in office.

Before and after Obama's election to the White House, he faced questions about his religion, with some saying he was a Muslim. obama is a Christian

During a 2008 campaign stop at a North Carolina barbecue and chicken restaurant, a woman refused to shake his hand and another yelled "Socialist" as he was met with a chilly reception.

McCain corrected a rally attendee who claimed that Obama was an Arab.

"No, ma'am!" "He's a decent family man and citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign's all about."

During his time in the White House, Obama and his family faced racist attacks.

The Republicans said their opposition to Obama was based on policy differences and not race.