Reporting Tuesday on the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, MSNBC’s Chris Jansing let slip that President Obama himself is from Africa. The Daily Caller reports:
MSNBC reporter Chris Jansing claimed President Barack Obama’s keen interest in this week’s African leadership summit stems from the fact that “he’s from Kenya” — an assertion that took over ten minutes for her to reverse.
Jansing spoke to MSNBC’s Joy Reid about the ongoing meeting of American and African leaders in Washington D.C. “The White House is clearly, I would assume, hoping this will be part of the president’s legacy, given his background,” Reid said.
“Yeah, the fact that he’s from Kenya,” Jansing replied breezily. “And the fact that when he was elected there were expectations on the African continent that he would do great things for them.”
Jansing’s slip amused some but outraged others.
Is @TheReidReport going to let @chrisjansing get away with saying that Pres. Obama is from Kenya? #reiders
— S. Maxx Mahaffey (@smaxxmahaffey) August 5, 2014
Did @ChrisJansing just say Pres Obama "is from Kenya"?? Hoping I just heard that wrong :/ #reiders #msnbc
— LilYellowGirl (@lilyellowgirl) August 5, 2014
Hey @msnbc can you tell Chris Jansing that Pres Obama is not "from Kenya." Last I checked, he is "from America." Words matter
— Your buddy Dave? (@davesplash) August 5, 2014
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Wondering why @msnbc employs @ChrisJansing who can't even get her facts straight on which country the POTUS is from #msnbc #reiders
— Voter Protection Hotline (866) OUR-VOTE (@HalloweenBlogs) August 5, 2014
@brandi_e_hudson @ChrisJansing Can't understand how that happens, aside from the mentality: "Obama's the black Pres". Geez Chris. #reiders
— LilYellowGirl (@lilyellowgirl) August 5, 2014
@TheReidReport Please share with @ChrisJansing, POTUS is NOT…NOT from Kenya. He was "born in the USA". Father of POTUS is from Kenya.
— n2teaching (@n2teaching) August 5, 2014
NBC News Chris Jansing says on The Reid Report that President Obama was "from" Kenya. What sloppy reporting.
— John Fichera (@johnfichera) August 5, 2014
Wow @ChrisJansing actually said POTUS is from Kenya?..See that's what happens when you read too much Tea-party nonsense @msnbc #embarrassing
— #VOTEGOPOUT (@INDIGOSKYY) August 5, 2014
Now we know why @chrisjansing was promoted at @Nbcnews. How many other @NBC reporters hate having a black president? http://t.co/Q6fXs3Es26
— Jonathan Jewel (@jonathanjewel) August 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/theosmelek/status/496760270354513920
Dear @PressSec Please inform #NEWSTAINER @ChrisJansing that President Obama is a United States Citizen Born in Hawaii, not Kenya. cc @NBC
— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) August 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/496780614918352896
@TheObamaDiary @ChrisJansing WOW. And she actually sits in the FRONT ROW of White House Press Corps daily briefings. @PressSec #jernalizm
— meta (@metaquest) August 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/theonlyadult/status/496783467271553025
OMG! @ChrisJansing 1st I find out you're a Repub and now you're saying the PBO is from Kenya. SMH
— Melvin Lynn (@Mellynjess) August 5, 2014
How is Chris Jansing not fired by now???What a complete idiot !!!
— Shawn Carroll (@shawn4change) August 6, 2014
@TheObamaDiary Yo, @ChrisJansing where's the freakin' apology?
— JOBoomr (@JOBoomr) August 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/496784102255640577
(Hat tip: Manuel Reyes Jr.)
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