Posted on 02/09/2015 4:54:42 PM PST by Libloather
President Obama will meet Tuesday at the White House with members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), including freshman GOP Rep. Mia Love (Utah).
The meeting comes as top black leaders — including CBC Chairman G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) and Reps. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.) — are vowing to skip a March 3 speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protest an invitation they see as a slight to the president in the midst of high-stakes nuclear talks with Iran.
Love is currently the only Republican member of the CBC. Her office said Monday that she plans to attend Tuesday's White House meeting.
CBC members have been among the most ardent supporters of Obama, the nation's first black president, but there have also been tense periods, when the group felt the White House wasn't fighting hard enough for safety net programs, anti-poverty measures, and other initiatives beneficial to black and other minority communities.
Previewing Tuesday's meeting, Butterfield recently acknowledged that the relationship between Obama and the CBC is "complicated." But he was also quick to note Obama inherited a terrible economy, and he blamed Republicans for playing an obstructionist role, rather than working with the president to promote a recovery.
"There have been isolated disappointments with the White House," Butterfield said last month in an interview with The Hill. "But generally speaking I think — and I think that the vast, the overwhelming, majority of CBC members feel — that this president has been unfairly isolated by the Republicans. And his legacy is going to be a good legacy."
CBC leaders have hailed Obama's recent executive actions on immigration and Cuba, and they're hoping the president continues to act unilaterally on issues like criminal justice reform. The lawmakers have long promoted legislation to overhaul the justice system, but the push grew more pronounced in the wake of several incidents last year, when unarmed black men were killed at the hands of white police officers.
"I encourage him to use more of his executive authority, and I believe he will," Butterfield said.
Still, he said the CBC would not adopt the strategy of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), which went to the White House promoting a list of immigration reforms the group wanted Obama to install unilaterally — many of which the president adopted in November.
"We're not quite at the point where we want to present a manifesto to the president. That's not our mode of operation," Butterfield said. "The CHC has their personality, and we have ours."
'This is Brian Williams reporting for NBC News.'
They'll sit there and say nothing while she's there. Then they'll all have to fake yawn and pretend to leave in the hopes that she leaves and they'll sneak back in and hold the real meeting.
Huddle? That ain’t no huddle. That’s a jircle cerk and Soetoro is the pivot man!
Will call on AL to have a protest or march ? LOL
Commie pink fag circle jerk.
Mia’s voters need to make some calls and see what’s going on with her
Are we allowed to have a white caucus?
Somebody help me out here!
“Danielle in the lion’s den”
ALL STATES RIGHT TO WORK.
NO COMPULSORY UNION DUES.
OUTLAW ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONS
OUTLAW WITHHOLDING OF UNION DUES FROM WORKERS PAYCHECKS
NO EARLY VOTING
NO FELONS VOTING
VOTER FRAUD MINIMUM 25 YEAR SENTENCE.
THROW OUT ALL REGISTRATIONS, NEW NATIONAL VOTER ID CARD REQUIRED TO VOTE.
INVESTIGATE , INDICT, AND IMPRISON ALL MARXIST CROOKS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS AND THE AFL-CIO.
DEFUND THE CPUSA!
Obama just wishes Bibi would go away.
Obama just wishes Bibi would go away.
Sorry for the double post. That was an odd hiccup.
It’s not like there’s a massive black population in her UT district she must represent at all costs.
This is weird. They probably DO suspect her as a mole.
I’m sure she’s there to monitor them. We’ve needed somebody to do that for a while. They are the Black Caucus, allegedly not affiliated with a party. Mia’s black, so they can’t really keep her away.
And, to show that he’s fair and balanced, barry plans to meet with the CWC after his meeting with the CBC.
Mia Love needs to just stay away from involvement with the Racist POS and the CBC!
Hopefully this will be Mia’s first formal opportunity to tell Obama to go f#@& himself.
You can bet there will be two meetings: one with Mia Love and one without Mia Love.
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