Posted on 09/05/2009 10:49:59 PM PDT by joinedafterattack
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0909/Pence_calls_on_Van_Jones_to_resign.html
September 04, 2009
Categories: Obama
Pence calls on Van Jones to resign
Rep. Mike Pence, the no. 3 Republican in the House, is calling on Obama green jobs czar Van Jones to resign.
This sort of thing would usually be laughed off by Democrats — a conservative Republican telling a Democratic appointee to quit.
But the Obama team isn’t exactly jumping to back Jones today in wake of revelations that in the past he signed on to one of the “truther” groups that claimed 9/11 was an inside job. Oh, and he called Republicans a**holes in a video earlier this year before he was appointed.
Asked about Jones’ affiliations with the 9/11 group at the daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs would only say: “It’s not something that the president agrees with.” And then Gibbs referred other questions to a statement Thursday by the Council on Environmental Quality in which Jones said he never backed any of these 9/11 conspiracy groups.
“Given recent revelations concerning the associations and statements of the president’s green jobs czar, Van Jones should resign his position and if he is unwilling to do so, the president should demand his resignation. His extremist views and coarse rhetoric have no place in this Administration or the public debate,” Pence said. “The Constitution of the United States vests Congress with the responsibility to advise and consent in the appointment of high ranking officials by the president. To date, President Obama has appointed more than thirty individuals to ‘czar’ positions within his Administration without permitting the Congress or the American people to properly examine their backgrounds or public records.”
By Martin Kady II 02:14 PM
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Ok, then I stand corrected. But what position of leadership is he? Boehner is minority whip, right? Is Pence minority leader? Anyway, every single one of them should have been on it, and right now should be demanding that Cass Sunstein go.
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This guy is magnificent:
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