VIDEO - Bill Clinton: Media Treated Obama ‘Differently’ Because They ‘Liked Having the First African-American President’

Former Democratic

President Bill Clinton.

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(CNSNews.com) -- In a CBS Sunday Morning interview with Mo Rocca, former Democratic President Bill Clinton said the news media liked former President Barack Obama more than they like President Donald Trump because they “liked having the first African-American president.”

Clinton also said that if a Democrat were president with the current controversies surrounding Trump, “impeachment hearings would have begun already.”

Clinton brought up these points during a discussion about his new book, co-authored with James Patterson, The President is Missing.

Rocca asked Clinton, “Do you think that the press has been fair to President Trump?” referring to the investigation of Trump by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

"I think they have tried by and large to cover this investigation based on the facts," Clinton said. "I think if the roles were reversed – now, this is me just talking, but it's based on my experience! – if it were a Democratic president, and these facts were present, most people I know in Washington believe impeachment hearings would have begun already."

President Donald Trump and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. (YouTube)

"If there were a Democrat in power right now?" Rocca asked.

"Yes,” said Clinton. “And most people I know believe that the press would have been that hard, or harder. But these are serious issues.”

"You hear from Trump supporters who say, 'You know, the press slobbered all over President Obama, he could do no wrong. And now this guy can do no right. What gives, that there's a kind of whiplash?'" Rocca asked.

"Well, they did treat him differently than other Democrats and Republicans," Clinton replied.

“Why?” Roccca asked, to which Clinton responded with, “Because that was the political press.”

Clinton continued, "You know, I don't know. They liked him, and they liked having the first African-American president. And he was a good president, I think. I don't agree with President Trump's assessment of his service.”

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