Of course. If Obama was now still doing community organizing, or was still at the U of Chicago and Trump picked him, they wouldn't like Obama. It's not the message, it's the messenger. Any messenger who doesn't have (D) after their name is unacceptable to them.
They realize, just as we do, that the next three SCOTUS picks, maybe even four are gonna impact the USA for a hundred years. We dodged a bullet. The got run over by the Trump train. It still hurts! Gonna hurt for a hundred years.