Obama spoke with Boston College professor and popular newsletter writer Heather Cox Richardson at the The Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford June 17.

Former President Barack Obama issued a warning about the future of American democracy, cautioning that the country is “dangerously close” to normalizing behavior “consistent with autocracies.” Speaking at an event in Hartford,

Former President Barack Obama sounded the alarm on Donald Trump and his administration in a speech he delivered in Connecticut on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. Obama did not call Trump by name, according to CNN, but it was clear what he was talking about in a speech in which recording devices were reportedly prohibited.