Unbelievable.
Earlier Wednesday, President Obama temporarily interrupted his bashing of Republicans and their economic policies to remind an audience in Elkhart, Ind., that —ahem — “we” need to stop pitting working Americans against each other.
Could the divider in chief be any less self-aware? The one-time presidential candidate who urged supporters to confront their neighbors and “argue with them, get in their faces” later on told unbiased journalist Gwen “Take That, Bibi” Ifill at a town hall event that he never made a big fuss about transgender bathroom choice.
Pres denies he made transgender bathroom choice an issue. Agrees "there are a lot of things that are more pressing." pic.twitter.com/I4XyMJ3vKK
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 2, 2016
then he should have kept his mouth shut on the matter
— RJ (@gtwhtshrk) June 2, 2016
Did we hear that correctly? He never made transgender bathroom (and locker room) choice an issue?
Admin issued a self described "Decree" https://t.co/c3ntBjrIn2
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 2, 2016
I'm old enough to remember when the White House's AG shocked the nation with announcement. Seems like only yesterday.
— Mike Gallagher (@gallaghermike) June 2, 2016
That’s right … isn’t this the same president whose attorney general in May issued a directive to every public school in the nation regarding access to restrooms and locker rooms based on one’s gender identity — while reminding them that their federal funding could be in jeopardy if they didn’t comply?
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No, that wasn’t a big deal. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest even clarified that the decree was merely “guidance” and not a threat to withhold funding — despite the explicit reminder that federal funding was conditional based on adherence to anti-discrimination laws:
As a condition of receiving Federal funds, a school agrees that it will not exclude, separate, deny benefits to, or otherwise treat differently on the basis of sex any person in its educational programs or activities unless expressly authorized to do so under Title IX or its implementing regulations.
https://twitter.com/blackcharvel72/status/738167270791208961
And if u like your doctor u can keep him.
— Michele Schiesser (@MicheleSchiesse) June 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/Djomen13/status/738167434369081344
Do you ever wonder if obama has multiple personality disorder because he seems to forget what he has said & done in the past?
— Sick and tired (@AgnesSBaker) June 2, 2016
If he did step into the whole transgender bathroom kerfuffle, it was only out of kindness.
Pres also defends transgender bathroom issue in schools saying "how do we just make sure that children are treated with kindness?"
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/RealDonaldFlop/status/738168482999586817
@ldubindubc Not this way, for damn sure.
— Susan Reif (@susanmreif) June 2, 2016
By depriving them of federal funding, obvi. Now pull that choke collar tighter @markknoller @ChiBarb
— Steele?Hippopotomonostrosesquippedaliophobicphile (@botticellicream) June 2, 2016
By bringing the hammer of the DOJ down, obviously.
— Orlando Maltravers (@RobertKYarbro) June 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/PostmasterBen/status/738173412300853249
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