(Win McNamee / AP)
(Win McNamee / AP)

Former President Barack Obama released a statement on Monday expressing solidarity with those protesting his successor’s ban on travelers and refugees entering the United States from certain Muslim-majority countries. 

The statement, issued under the name of Obama’s spokesman Kevin Lewis, was the first time that Obama has weighed in onDonald Trump’s presidency. And though it did not mention Trump by name or directly criticize the executive order that he signed on Friday, the implication was one of disapproval. 

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