Posted on 10/29/2013 7:06:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) removed a Facebook post Monday that alleged a House GOP leader told President Obama “I cannot even stand to look at you” at a private meeting.
Durbin said he did not immediately take down the post after it was proven false last week because he wanted to leave it in the proper context.
"If I'd have raced to take it off, [the media] would have done that story too: `Durbin races to take this off.' I wanted to put into context how I got into this situation," he told the Associated Press.
After Durbin posted the comment earlier this month, GOP House leaders and the White House both denied the incident. Durbin, who was not at the meeting, heard the story second-hand from a White House staffer.
The White House eventually took responsibility, blaming the miscommunication on a White House staffer who provided Senate Democratic leaders with a readout of the administration’s meeting with Republicans.
"They gave me a bad quote and then they said it didn't occur,” Durbin said. "Now it's history, it's behind us."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Turbin Durbin has always been one of the worst and sorely needs to be pre-fitted for fall weight and height for SHTF lamp post decoration.
Dick Turban makes my skin crawl!
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