i see the timeline from 5:50a through 11:50p
during this period, i see no mention of 0bama’s response.
does this mean during that 18 hour period he made no response?
when did he finally respond??
One minute after Romney gave out his press release.
If Romney had remained quiet I'm certain that the administration would have done nothing about the tweets. Here is the critical part of the timeline:
"10:09PM - The Romney camp sends out a brief statement which reads, "I'm outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks." The statement is embargoed until midnight.
10:10PM - Politico reports an unnamed Obama administration official is disavowing the statement posted on the US Embassy website, claiming it was unauthorized. No explanation is offered why the embassy was still pushing it as of 7PM.
~10:25PM - The Romney camp sends out another email ending the embargo on its statement."