In an interview with CNN’s John King airing on "State of the Union with John King" this Sunday, Obama acknowledged that racism plays a role in some of the criticism against him, but added that race is "not the overriding issue."
"Are there people out there who don’t like me because of race? I’m sure there are. That’s not the overriding issue here," he said. "I think there are people who are anti-government. I think there’s been a long-standing debate in this country that is usually that much more fierce during times of transition, or when presidents are trying to bring about big changes.
I think he said we're anti-government not against big governemnt. We're just a bunch of anarchists.