At his final press conference on Friday afternoon, President Obama said that the Democratic party has to do more to fight their image as being full of coastal, latte-sipping elite people.



He sidestepped the question of whether he thought "Russian hackers" were responsible for Hillary Clinton's election loss, and instead blamed the media, saying their treatment of her during the campaign was "troubling."



"I couldn't be prouder of Secretary Clinton. I think she worked tirelessly on behalf of the American people and I don't think she was treated fairly during the election," Obama said.





REPORTER: Did Clinton lose because of the hacking?



PRESIDENT OBAMA: I am going to let all the political pundits in this town have a long discussion about what happened in the election. It was a fascinating election. I'm sure there are going to be a lot of books written about it.



I've said what I think is important for the Democratic Party going forward rather than try to parse every aspect of the election. I've said before I couldn't be prouder of Secretary Clinton. I think she worked tirelessly on behalf of the American people and I don't think she was treated fairly during the election.



I think the coverage of her and the issues was troubling, but having said that, what I've been most focused on --appropriate for the fact I am not going to be a politician in about, what is it, 32 days, 41, 34 days?--



What I've said is that I can maybe give counsel and advice to the Democratic Party. I think the we have to spend the most time on, because it's the thing we have most control over, is, how do we make sure that we're showing up in places where I think Democratic policies are needed, where they are helping, where they are making a difference, but where people feel as if they are not being heard? And where Democrats are characterized as coastal, liberal, latte-sipping, you know, politically correct, out-of-touch folks. We have to be in those communities and I've seen that when we are in those communities it makes a difference. That's how I became president.