The tan suit President Obama wore at Thursday’s press conference made headlines around the world and sparked plenty of discussion on Twitter, and Rep. Peter King was making the media rounds today criticizing what he said was a lack of seriousness on the president’s part.
“When you have the world watching … a week, two weeks of anticipation of what the United States is gonna do. For him to walk out – I’m not trying to be trivial here – in a light suit, light tan suit, saying that first he wants to talk about what most Americans care about the revision of second quarter numbers on the economy. This is a week after Jim Foley was beheaded and he’s trying to act like real Americans care about the economy, not about ISIS and not about terrorism. And then he goes on to say he has no strategy.”
He also spoke to CNN:
Rep Peter King to CNN's @BriKeilarCNN: “I thought the suit was a metaphor for his lack of seriousness.” #tansuit pic.twitter.com/wdxuLWxKGU
— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) August 29, 2014
Rep. Peter King also said POTUS looked "like he was coming from a party in the Hamptons," didn't show seriousness, purpose needed.
— Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) August 29, 2014
While King said he wasn’t trying to be trivial about the suit — the acceptable time for that was yesterday — his remarks Friday were widely criticized.
Really? This is what he's concerned about with the state of the world today? Get a grip, Rep. King http://t.co/Ku3QyYerzb
— Steven B. Uhrik, LCSW (@StevenBUhrik) August 29, 2014
@cnnbrk Congressman Peter King's statements about the color of the presidents suit is a prime example of the arrogance of most white people
— MRCHAMP (@menace2da_net) August 29, 2014
Rep Peter King needs too go to sleep. Always find something to put our president down. It's a tan suit boo boo get your life smh
— $luttyBoy (@Real__Roth__) August 29, 2014
CNN just ran interview with Rep Peter King all upset because of the President's suit. He sounded like an idiot #PeterKing #tansuit
— IrenesVoice (@IrenesVoice) August 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/505412623517892609
Again, a review of King’s comments shows his concerns ran far deeper than the color of the president’s suit.
FYI, Peter King is a douchecanoe, but he wasn't saying the suit sent the wrong message. The WHOLE presser did. But hey! Buzzfeed clicks!
— RBe (@RBPundit) August 29, 2014
Hey, @BuzzFeedAndrew, you know Peter King was talking about the entire press conference, not the suit right? Of course you do. Hack.
— RBe (@RBPundit) August 29, 2014
Editor’s note: The first sentence of this post originally referred to Rep. Steve King by mistake. We’ve corrected the typo and apologize for the error.
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