2026年6月21日 美国东部时间7:00 / 福克斯新闻
出席者在开幕周末将这座新中心称为“当下黑暗中的一束光”
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡
巴拉克·奥巴马总统图书馆开幕周末的访客们将这位美国第44任总统的遗产描述为团结、无丑闻的“黑人卓越成就”的典范，同时他们对唐纳德·特朗普总统治下美国所经历的所谓黑暗转折表示哀叹。
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芝加哥讯——巴拉克·奥巴马总统图书馆的开幕周末访客们称，这位美国第44任总统的遗产是团结、无丑闻的“黑人卓越成就”的典范，同时他们哀叹美国在唐纳德·特朗普总统治下所经历的他们眼中的黑暗转折。
“这个社区棒极了，我们很高兴它终于落成了，”住在芝加哥市区外约40分钟车程的劳伦·蒂尔曼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“我们早就需要这样的地方了。对于非本地人士来说，芝加哥的形象总是很刻板……所以我觉得这里把所有人都凝聚在了一起，就像，‘哦，这里有属于我们社区的东西’，属于黑人的东西，而且还是在六月节期间开幕的，我觉得这一点也很棒。”
这座总统图书馆的开幕周末以周四晚间星光熠熠的私人仪式和音乐会拉开序幕，占地19.3英亩的园区于周五在六月节假期期间对公众开放。六月节是为了纪念1865年黑人奴隶被宣布获得自由的日子。
汤姆·汉克斯、奥普拉、史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格让奥巴马总统图书馆开幕成为好莱坞最热门活动
这座奥巴马总统图书馆建筑以其玻璃外墙和周边树木为特色。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道）
“大家都知道芝加哥的名声向来不总是那么好，所以能知道我们这里出过一位黑人总统，而且现在还要为他的遗产建立纪念场馆，这真的太棒了，”和蒂尔曼一同前来参加开幕活动的阿什利·伍兹说道。
“能看到奥巴马至少为他的同胞做了些事情，这对我意义重大，今天能来到这里也同样意义非凡，”蒂尔曼补充道。
“我再补充一下，我认为这份遗产就是黑人卓越成就，”伍兹继续说道。“再说一遍，在芝加哥这样的地方长大，你通常不会觉得自己除了当说唱歌手或者搞体育之外还能有什么别的出路，但看到有人真的爬到了权力顶峰，他们能够治理整个国家，而且他和他的家族几乎没有任何丑闻，这恰恰证明了我们可以超越美国社会给我们设定的局限。”
奥巴马的遗产项目未能为芝加哥南区居民带来多少希望
劳伦·蒂尔曼和阿什利·伍兹周五在芝加哥巴拉克·奥巴马总统图书馆接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道）
谢丽尔·罗杰斯和佩吉·尼利-哈里斯专程从圣路易斯赶来参加周末的庆祝活动。
“这对非裔美国人来说意味着团结、反思，纪念我们每个人身上都拥有的卓越品质，尤其是非裔美国人，尤其是在当下我们的生存受到威胁的时候，”罗杰斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
尼利-哈里斯表示赞同，她说这座全新的总统图书馆是希望和复兴的象征，是“当下黑暗中的一束光”。
奥巴马总统图书馆因在公共土地上推广“极左翼”议程而遭抨击
谢丽尔·罗杰斯和佩吉·尼利-哈里斯周五在芝加哥巴拉克·奥巴马总统图书馆开幕周末期间接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道）
“（奥巴马）留下了一个绝佳的榜样，告诉人们应该如何生活，应该拥有怎样的品格，以及对家庭和社区的爱，”罗杰斯继续说道。“你能看到爱从他们身上流露出来，我喜欢看到爱付诸行动。”
“没有丑闻，”她补充道。
然而，奥巴马在其两届总统任期内确实面临过一些重大丑闻和争议。
奥巴马领导下的司法部臭名昭著地调取了福克斯新闻的电话线路记录，其中包括一名记者父母的电话号码。
此次调取是在法官批准搜查令后进行的，在一份申请搜查令的宣誓书中，一名联邦调查局特工称记者詹姆斯·罗森可能是违反《间谍法》的“共犯”。
奥巴马政府还面临着政府武器化的指控，当时他领导下的国税局据称故意拖延批准那些旨在反对其议程的草根保守派组织的免税非营利地位。
据称，名称中带有“茶党”或“爱国者”字样的组织在数月甚至数年内都无法完成注册。
奥巴马中心分包商就超支问题起诉工程公司，索赔4000万美元歧视案
巴拉克·奥巴马周四在芝加哥巴拉克·奥巴马总统图书馆的揭幕仪式上发表讲话。（肯特·西村 / 法新社通过盖蒂图片社）
“快和勇敢行动”行动是奥巴马时期另一起广受关注的丑闻。
美国烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局的特工故意允许在美国南部边境与墨西哥附近进行非法枪支 straw购买，希望通过追踪这些武器找到高级贩毒集团头目。但奥巴马政府时期的该机构未能监控至少2000支武器，这些武器最终落入了危险分子手中。
其中一件在这次失败的卧底行动中流失的武器曾在2010年被用于杀害边境巡逻队员布莱恩·特里。
2012年，众议院监督委员会就此事进行调查时传唤了时任司法部长埃里克·霍尔德，但他拒绝配合，阻止委员会查看数千页与该行动相关的记录。他后来成为美国首位被国会 contempt of Congress（藐视国会）裁决的内阁官员，但奥巴马领导的司法部并未对其提起诉讼。
奥巴马未经正当程序下令对也门境内四名与恐怖主义有关联的美国人实施法外无人机 strike 击杀。
特朗普提出愿意帮助奥巴马解决总统图书馆的“灾难”
瓦莱丽·雷诺兹周五在芝加哥巴拉克·奥巴马总统图书馆开幕周末期间接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道）
26岁的芝加哥居民瓦莱丽·雷诺兹告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她认为这座图书馆将改善该市南区的形象，该地区经常因暴力和贫困登上新闻头条。
“我认为巴拉克·奥巴马的遗产现在是、将来也会继续是团结的灵感源泉，让我们看到当我们齐心协力时，可以做成什么、创造出什么，”她说。“这绝对是我们如今缺失的东西。我从未见过美国社会如此严重的分裂，今天来到这里让我再次意识到这些分歧有多深，因为这是自2008年他竞选总统以来，我第一次感受到这种紧密的团结。”
来自弗吉尼亚州的基亚·韦尔情绪激动地表示，图书馆的盛大开幕让她悲伤地想起奥巴马卸任后美国的发展方向。
奥巴马仍是民主党核心人物，而得票最多的总统却渐隐幕后：“这一切都像一场梦”
基亚·韦尔周五在芝加哥巴拉克·奥巴马总统图书馆开幕周末期间接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道）
“这让我感到难过，因为我曾为那段任期内取得的一切成就感到自豪，比如为弱势群体和脆弱土地而斗争，保护了那么多如今正被永远抹去的东西，我觉得这让我们在倒退，”她说。
韦尔补充说，奥巴马仍是民主党中的“重量级人物”，并表示相信他的遗产的人们希望他“重新出山”。
“我想这对我来说意味着，我非常感激我们拥有那八年的历史，那段时间里女性得到了提拔，少数群体得到了机会，”她说。“我感受到了那种团结，看到这里聚集了不同背景、不同年龄和不同世代的人们，我又感受到了同样的氛围。”
彼得·达布罗斯卡是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者。
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Obama Center visitors say project symbolic of ‘Black excellence,’ claim scandal-free legacy while Trump ripped
June 21, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News
Attendees described the new center as a ‘light in this present darkness’ during its opening weekend
By Peter D’Abrosca
Opening weekend visitors at the Barack Obama Presidential Center describe the 44th president’s legacy as an example of unifying, scandal-free “black excellence.”
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CHICAGO — Opening weekend visitors at the Barack Obama Presidential Center called the 44th president’s legacy an example of unifying, scandal-free “Black excellence,” while they lamented what they view as a dark turn for the U.S. under President Donald Trump.
“The community is great, we’re just kind of glad it’s here,” Lauren Tillman, who lives about 40 minutes outside of Chicago, told Fox News Digital. “We needed something like this. Chicago looks like a certain place to certain people who are not from the area… so I just think this brought everybody together, like, ‘oh there’s something for the community,’ for Black people, and on Juneteenth, so I thought that was great, too.”
The presidential center’s opening weekend began with a star-studded private ceremony and concert on Thursday night, and the 19.3-acre campus opened to the public on Friday during the Juneteenth holiday, which celebrates the day Black slaves were declared free in 1865.
TOM HANKS, OPRAH, STEVEN SPIELBERG TURN OBAMA’S PRESIDENTIAL CENTER OPENING INTO HOLLYWOOD’S HOTTEST TICKET
The Obama Presidential Center building is shown with its glass facade and surrounding trees.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
“Just knowing that Chicago doesn’t always get the best rep, to know that we’ve had a Black president come from this place, and then to memorialize his legacy is just great,” said Ashley Woods, who joined Tillman at the opening.
“To know that Obama was going to try to do at least something for his people, that meant a lot to me and being here means a lot,” added Tillman.
“And I think, to piggyback off that, I think the legacy is Black excellence,” continued Woods. “Again, growing up in a place like Chicago, you don’t really think you can do much besides being a rapper or, you know, going into sports, but so see that somebody actually made it to the top per se, they were able to run the nation, there was very little scandal around him and his family, like it just shows you that we can be more than what America tells us we can be.”
OBAMA’S LEGACY PROJECT OFFERS LITTLE HOPE FOR CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE RESIDENTS
Lauren Tillman and Ashley Woods speak with Fox News Digital at the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Friday.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Sheryl Rogers and Peggy Neely-Harris made the trip from St. Louis for the weekend’s festivities.
“What it means for African Americans [is] a coming together, a reckoning, a remembrance of the excellence that is within each one of us, particularly in African Americans and particularly at this time when our very existence is under attack,” Rogers told Fox News Digital.
Neely-Harris agreed, and said that the brand new presidential center is a symbol of hope and renewal, and that the center is a “light in this present darkness.”
OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER SLAMMED FOR PROMOTING ‘FAR-LEFT’ AGENDA ON PUBLIC LAND
Sheryl Rogers and Peggy Neely Harris speak with Fox News Digital on the opening weekend of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Friday.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
“[Obama] has left an excellent example of how you should live, what type of character you should have and the love of family and community,” Rogers continued. “You can see love just exudes from them, and I love to see love in action.”
“No scandal,” she added.
However, Obama did face some major scandals and controversies during his two terms in the White House.
Obama’s DOJ infamously seized records of Fox News’ phone lines, including a phone number that belonged to the parents of a reporter.
The seizure was approved after a warrant was granted by a judge, and in an affidavit seeking the warrant, an FBI agent called reporter James Rosen a likely criminal “co-conspirator” in a violation of the Espionage Act.
Obama also faced government weaponization claims when his IRS allegedly slow-rolled the tax-exempt nonprofit approval of grassroots conservative organizations that set out to oppose his agenda.
Groups with words such as “Tea Party” or “Patriot” in their names were allegedly hindered from forming for months and years.
OBAMA CENTER SUBCONTRACTOR FILES $40M DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST ENGINEERING FIRM FOR OVERRUNS
Barack Obama speaks during the dedication of the Barack Obama Presidential Center, Thursday, in Chicago.(Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
Operation Fast and Furious was another chart-topping Obama scandal.
ATF agents intentionally allowed illegal straw purchases of weapons near the U.S. southern border with Mexico, in hopes that tracking the firearms would lead them directly to high-level cartel kingpins. But the Obama-era agency failed to monitor at least 2,000 of the weapons, which did in fact make their way into the hands of dangerous characters.
One of the weapons in the ill-fated sting was used to kill Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010.
When, in 2012, then-Attorney General Eric Holder was subpoenaed during a House Oversight Committee investigation into the matter, he refused to comply, disallowing the committee from seeing thousands of pages of records pertaining to the operation. He later became the first U.S. cabinet official to be held in contempt of Congress, but the Obama DOJ failed to prosecute him.
Obama ordered the extrajudicial drone strike killings of four terror-tied Americans in Yemen without due process.
TRUMP OFFERS TO HELP OBAMA WITH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY’S ‘DISASTER’
Valerie Reynolds speaks to Fox News Digital during the opening weekend of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Friday.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Twenty-six-year-old Chicago resident Valerie Reynolds told Fox News Digital she thinks the center will improve the image of the city’s South Side, which often finds itself in news headlines for violence and poverty.
“I think Barack Obama’s legacy is and will continue to be the inspiration of togetherness, of the power of what can be done and what can be created when we all come together,” she said. “It’s absolutely something that we are missing today. I’ve seen divisions in this country in ways that I’ve never seen before, and I was reminded of just how vast those divisions are being out here today, because it’s the first time I’ve felt this closeness since he ran for office in 2008.”
An emotional Kia Ware, a woman from Virginia, said the grand opening of the center was a sad reminder of the direction of the U.S. since Obama left office.
OBAMA REMAINS DEM HEADLINER WHILE PRESIDENT WITH MOST VOTES EVER FADES INTO BACKGROUND: ‘IT WAS ALL A DREAM’
Kia Ware speaks with Fox News Digital during the opening weekend of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Friday.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
“It makes me sad because I was so proud of everything that was accomplished during that legacy in terms of, you know, fighting for vulnerable people and vulnerable lands and protection of so many things that are now being erased forever, and I feel like it’s setting us back,” she said.
Ware added that Obama is still a “powerhouse” in the Democratic Party, and said that people who believe in his legacy want him to “step back in.”
“I guess it just means, like for me, I just am feeling very thankful that we have those eight years of history for putting women forward, putting minorities forward,” she said. “I felt like that unification, just seeing all people of different backgrounds and ages and generations here, I get that same feeling.”
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