Posted on 07/09/2015 11:47:43 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
After praising the South Carolina House of Representatives for voting to take down the Confederate flag from the State Capitol, Earnest quickly turned his fire on National Congressional Republicans and their party whip, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA).
“A sizable number of House Republicans are eager to protect the status of the Confederate flag on National Park service grounds,” he said. “These are the same House Republicans who voted for a party leader who once described himself as ‘David Duke without the baggage,’” he said.
House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) pulled the bill after it became a political fight over the Confederate flag.
Referring to Donald Trump, Earnest added that “these are the same congressional Republicans who have declined to criticize the race bating rhetoric of a leading Republican presidential candidate.”
“That’s to say nothing of the Senate Republican who has saluted that candidate,” he added, referring to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
UPDATE: Boehner spokesman Cory Fritz reacted quickly to the White House attack with the following statement:
“Distorting fact to try and score cheap political points is no way to honor the victims of the horrific crime in Charleston. These childish attacks are completely dishonest, and beneath the dignity of the office of the presidency.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Obozo himself is beneath the dignity of the presidency but bonehead and the turtle both continue to be complicit in the obozo's crime syndicate activities. Bonehead, the indignant has no room to speak about dignity to anyone.
Bring it on Obama~!
This party is just getting started.
....and that comment is addressed to the spineless republicrats as well.
How many black democrats are there in the senate...1....who’s the racist party!
Sounds exactly like Rush has been talking about on his show the last couple days
the left can never say we won, let’s be happy. they won’t be happy until they destroy everyone who dared to disagree with them.
Liberalism IS totalitarianism.
Yep, he was still in office only 5 years ago, 41 years after he tried to sink the Civil rights act. Funny how they had no problem with that.
Does Josh Earnest leave an actual slime trail wherever he goes or does it just seem like he should?
ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Kid Rock—Men of courage and American heroes
Republicans—worthless cowards
Democrats—totalitarian fascists.
I hope the statue of MLK is moved from the capitol when the republicans take over. It doesn't belong there and everyone knows it.
As far as a female on a bill...it's really all about "black" isn't it.
Those southerners were citizens. They deserve the same as the Northern army.
It's possible that's what the government actually wants - they keep pushing in that direction - it's rather obvious
He’s just serving his time until he moves on to a lucrative salary at some crony capitalist gig.
Bobby Gibbs >> McDonalds Chief Communication Officer
Jay Carney >> Amazon VP Worldwide Affairs
I can no more denounce Rev Wright than my own grandmother. -Barry Hussein. Soetero
Typical Boehner. Sound and fury, signifying nothing. How about:
"Americans are tired of race-baiting, lawless, weak-kneed 'leaders' like Barack Obama. He has committed high crimes against the Constitution and the American people and we are thus left with no alternative but to begin impeachment proceedings forthwith."
Martin Luther King, Jr., was a serial adulterer. The day he was killed, his entourage had to whisk a woman out of his room at the Lorraine secretly. He was removed from a church in Alabama for serial adultery. He was reported by FBI agents to J. Edgar Hoover for his beating of white prostitutes.
Second, his plagiarism of his famous speeches and his doctorate thesis dishonesty has been identified and documented. If I had plagiarized my doctorate, I would have had it revoked whether I was alive or not. What is the difference? If I had plagiarized speeches I would have been vilified.
Streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr., mark the high crime areas of almost every city. Isn't this misuse of his highly respected name by people and shouldn't they do something to keep his name from being associated with crime?
Why are people giving MLK, Jr., heritage a free pass when the South isn't? I am offended.
Not so Earnest, the Obama White House are under many banners like the Muslim Brotherhood flag, and that red flag with the sickle and hammer.
Stuff it Josh.
Ted will soon note:
“Race relations are the worst they’ve been in the last 50 years, under this divisive administration, their policies, and corrosive rhetoric.”
Michelle Obama wrote her college paper on how blacks need to live in segregated communities.
“White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest opened today’s press briefing with a stern condemnation of the national Republican party, suggesting it is out of touch with the rest of America on issues surrounding the Confederate flag and race.”
Give that man a mirror. He’s talking to himself.
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