America is racist and we need gun control. @Potus is incapable of even the most common decency.
— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) July 12, 2016
Obama was actually giving a great speech before he turned it into a partisan political lecture on gun control, race, and policing.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 12, 2016
As Twitchy told you, President Obama couldn’t resist the urge to politicize his speech at today’s memorial for the five fallen Dallas police officers. But why stop at asking the surviving police officers to examine their own racism when he can also peddle a false gun control narrative?
"We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to by a Glock than to get his hands on a computer" —@POTUS
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) July 12, 2016
.@POTUS: "We flood communities w/ so many guns, it's easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book."
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) July 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/752947325937545216
It’s bad enough that the president feels the need to drag gun control into a memorial service.
Obama pounds gun control message at a memorial for fallen officers. Floored.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 12, 2016
But to blatantly lie, too?
The bullshit. It smolders. #dallasmemorial https://t.co/6fjShrjEYZ
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 12, 2016
Complete and utter bullshit. https://t.co/6W6lz3Yhh7
— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) July 12, 2016
This.
Fucking.
Guy.
— Happy Thanksgiving & Epstein Didn't Kill Himself (@drawandstrike) July 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/HereticOfEthics/status/752946317500948480
on what planet?
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) July 12, 2016
It’s par for Obama’s course, but that doesn’t make it any less infuriating — or disgusting.
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This was a very good speech by Obama until his claim that it's easier for a teenager to get a Glock than a book.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) July 12, 2016
Ughy. It's not easier to get a Glock than a computer or book. Come on, man.
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) July 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/752946195232882688
What a ridiculous claim about easy access to guns
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) July 12, 2016
He's made the "guns are easier to get than books" line before but it hasn't gotten any less ridiculous.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) July 12, 2016
As a child I'd walk to the library for a Dr. Seuss book and I had to make my way past dozens of glock salesmen.
— Holden (@Holden114) July 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheNew76/status/752948720140816385
https://twitter.com/doublearon_15/status/752948565094207488
President just said it's easier for teens to buy a glock then get a computer. He has officially lost his mind. #DallasMemorial
— Jon S (@jshov9) July 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/752944117735383041
Obama actually said it's easier for teenagers to get a Glock than a computer or a book. That's an outrageous lie to feed ignorance and fear
— Bruce Wright (@ElephantGuide) July 12, 2016
Dear Barack Obama: It is not easier to buy a Glock than a book (legally). He is the worst.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 12, 2016
This is completely untrue and also completely inappropriate for the event. https://t.co/zQPZwpcN2A
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/RepublicanPunk/status/752952242685157376
Truly, everyone wanted Pres Obama to get this one right, to unite, to heal. Instead we get "easier to buy a Glock than a book." Unreal.
— Steve Eubanks (@jseubanks) July 12, 2016
Obama speechwriter: "We need a new gun to attack. Hmm…Glock! What sounds good with 'Glock?' No, that won't work… BOOK! Yes! Glock-Book!"
— Leslie ن (@LADowd) July 12, 2016
The Glock line is so transparently bad I have to think Obama himself wrote it
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 12, 2016
As a matter of fact:
Obama wrote his own speech today, according to the White House.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 12, 2016
Sounds about right.
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