As Twitchy has reported, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is trying to do the heavy lifting of pinning on the House GOP the looming sequestration spending cuts and any pain they bring, despite the fact that the sequester was President Obama’s idea. NPR did its best to help Carney with his cause, and today Carney got an assist from Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) and Buzzfeed.
GOP Rep. Amash says "it's a mistake on the part of Republicans to try to pin the sequester on Obama. It's totally disingenuous."
— J Earnest (Archived) (@PressSec44) February 14, 2013
Amash: "The debt ceiling deal in 2011 was agreed to by Rs & Ds, and regardless of who came up with the sequester, they all voted for it."
— J Earnest (Archived) (@PressSec44) February 14, 2013
Amash also called the GOP’s #Obamaquester hashtag “kind of 2008.”
So, Justin Amash is a bit of a douche, huh?
— RBe (@RBPundit) February 14, 2013
@RBPundit I agree with him that the hashtag was/is lame, but he fails at internalizing cirticism
— Juegos y los gatos! (@ArtrexisLives) February 14, 2013
@SARosado The only problem I have is his eagerness to give comments like that to BuzzFeed and MSNBC.
— RBe (@RBPundit) February 14, 2013
When even PolitiFact has to admit that the sequester was Obama’s idea, it doesn’t make much sense to argue. Fox News’ Bret Baier pinned down Carney on the air the other night and wasn’t going to let his tweets go unchallenged.
.@PressSec Fair point -but is it also true – that you can't come up with the idea and then solely blame the people who voted for it? Q?
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) February 14, 2013
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.@BretBaier We didn't come up with "disingenuous" PR campaign trying to avoid responsibility for something Rs & Ds passed together.
— J Earnest (Archived) (@PressSec44) February 14, 2013
.@PressSec Jay-No one has hidden the vote that R's and D's voted for- but it took awhile for you to concede it was a WH idea-that's all
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) February 14, 2013
Whether the #Obamaquester hashtag is “kind of 2008” or not, #SpendingIsTheProblem is as timeless as it gets. How’s the budget coming, Mr. President?
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