WHITE HOUSE BLASTS TED CRUZ, DONALD TRUMP, HOUSE GOP, ON RACE AND THE CONFEDERATE FLAG

Breitbart ^ | 9 Jul 2015 | CHARLIE SPIERING

[SoConPubbie]

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.

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.”

[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

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[dinodino]

FUJE and FUBO

[Red Badger]

pfft!..................

[DH]

Sounds like the Ministry of Truth is in full gear today.

[Arm_Bears]

After praising the (Republican) South Carolina House of Representatives for voting to take down the Confederate flag from the State Capitol (that the Democrats put up) . . .

[nickcarraway]

So Obama is for the Confederate flag? Because Trump is for it being banned.

[tet68]

beneath the dignity of the office of the presidency.”

This presidency has no dignity...
or ethics for that matter.

[Servant of the Cross]

Hey Josh. Stuff it. And by the way, CONDEMN the history of the democRAT party while you're at it.

Grand Kleagle Robert Byrd ... the 'conscience' of the democRAT senate

[rktman]

Did they mention Kid Rock?😊

[mountainlion]

When most of the country is racist and you are not must mean that you are the racist.

[bert]

Remember, the boy in the White House is a black racist

[dinodino]

I am going to go out and buy every one of Kid Rock’s albums in support of his statement.

[Sgt_Schultze]

The trash in the white house can't or won't comment on dead americas as a direct result of its policy of releasing dangerous alien criminals into the populatuion, but they will talk about a piece of cloth.

Who was it who said, "All this for a damn flag.?

[ifinnegan]

Should have got rid of Scalise when we had the chance.

Now Boner/Scalise are trying to out lefty the leftists in their pandering to purge anything relating to Confederate history from DC.

It has always been a Democrat symbol and now the stupid GOPe let the leftist Democrats set the narrative, which is a lie, and be led around by the nose.

[Norm Lenhart]

The man that campaigned on working with Barry and his supporters need to shut the hell up because this is what they wanted.

[txrefugee]

As though thr racist in the White House doesn’t trot all over the country trying to start a race war before he leaves office. Earnest has no self-respect as he pitches his boss’s blatant lies every day. It’s on a par with Hitler and Goehring.

[Sgt_Schultze]

[TexasFreeper2009]

You take the most flag when you over the target.

Stay on target Cruz and Trump!

[TexasFreeper2009]

flack I meant