Without mentioning anyone by name, President Obama said on Tuesday that he is deeply disturbed by “vulgar and divisive” rhetoric aimed at women and minorities. There is no doubt that the leader for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump, was the target of his words.

We agree with the president’s admonishment of Trump. However, we encourage him to sweep around his own door. He has failed to live up to the following promise he made while seeking the Oval Office in 2007:

“I don’t want to pit red America against blue America. I want to be president of the United States of America.”

Contradicting his own call for “new politics,” Obama also said this:

“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.”

And this:

“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.”

On the night of his election in 2008, Obama pivoted again, saying, “Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”

Since Obama became president, the political pool has undoubtedly become more poisoned, and more people are drinking from it partially because of his lead.

Here are a few examples of divisive acts by the president:

— vilifies people who support immigration enforcement as racists

— uses “gay rights” as a wedge issue and depicts opponents of same-sex marriage as bigots

— compared ISIS attacks to the violence committed by Christians in the Crusades.

— frequently sides with lawbreakers over police officers before knowing all the facts

There is no question that some of Trump’s remarks have been as wrong as the day is long. Obama and other leaders in both parties, however, are helping him degrade political discourse.

America’s divisions won’t start to heal until its politicians and citizens learn to disagree without being disagreeable. It is way past time to start talking to each other instead of about each other.