The promise to be “the most transparent administration in history” continues to be a recurring headache for representatives of the White House. Press secretary Josh Earnest was grilled Monday over the president’s absence from the massive unity march in Paris, and the questions continued Tuesday. CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller reports that, despite further questioning on exactly what the president was doing on Sunday and other matters, Earnest confessed that he could not “unpack” that information.
Facing more questions today on why the Pres or VP didn't attend Paris march, @PressSec says he can't "unpack" that information.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 13, 2015
@markknoller @PressSec Not can't, but won't unpack it.
— Fredo Ocasio Stelter (@Hillarysserver) January 13, 2015
@markknoller @whpresscorps @PressSec Euphemism for "voters would not like the truth".
— Colorado (@Colorado_Right) January 13, 2015
@markknoller @PressSec Who packed it, & where did they put it? Heck, I'll go unpack it if Josh doesn't want to
— Elise StefaniKKK, Low IQ Human Scum (@TinPotDickTator) January 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/kitjop/status/555069002406297600
@markknoller @dexybailman @PressSec Translation: QUIT ASKING ME THAT QUESTION!! Or How dare you question the wisdom of King Barry!
— CJN 54 YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD CUBS FAN (@cjn54) January 13, 2015
@DanRiehl Did @markknoller track how many times @PressSec said "36 hours" in briefing today, yesterday?#IwatchedButTunedOutAtTimes
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) January 13, 2015
@markknoller @PressSec Why don't you guys press Him? Why do you ALWAYS give him a Pass?
— Shelby Racer (@ShelbyRacer) January 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/majorpettifogge/status/555072922109235200
Earnest was able to “unpack” the government’s discomfort with the phrase “radical Islam,” echoing the policy that State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf struggled to explain to the press yesterday.
“It’s not the only kind of extremism we face,” says Marie Harf of Islamic terrorism. #KellyFile @marthamaccallum pic.twitter.com/OguOOLlM2q
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 13, 2015
Why won’t White House say radical Islamic terror? “We have to look at each threat individually,” says @marieharf. #KellyFile
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 13, 2015
Marie Harf is on special crack. What non-Islamic extremism is she talking about? #KellyFile
— Savannah (@thesavvy) January 13, 2015
It’s not extremism, it’s a warped view of Islam. Accuracy is important.
Also @PressSec says US prefers phrase "violent extremism based on a warped view of Islam" to "Islamic extremism" or "radical Islam."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 13, 2015
@markknoller @PressSec We have a president who's more concerned with protecting the image of Islam than with protecting America.
— Sharon Core (@sharcor) January 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/greymagus/status/555093427843764225
@markknoller @PressSec & NOW you wonder why he didn't attend the Paris event? You can't fight what you can't properly name! #RadicalIslam
— yeah right (@rapsays40) January 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/SAKREV/status/555102962159480832
@SAKREV @markknoller @PressSec ❤️❤️❤️❤️ good idea ❤️❤️❤️❤️
— EliteCovfefeKat?SWMPH8R (@WickedBecks) January 13, 2015
@SAKREV @lamblock @markknoller @WickedBecks @PressSec Can we make that ISOLATED vanilla scented bundles of love? Might yank Mark's crank.
— Michael Podwill (@MichaelPodwill) January 13, 2015
@markknoller @WickedBecks @PressSec the lunatics have taken over the asylum ..
— British and Proud (@tryitfirst000) January 13, 2015
@markknoller @PressSec Mark, tell #Obama he can mash words into pulp. But he's still a feckless, duplicit, inept fool – with a limp lexicon.
— Michael Podwill (@MichaelPodwill) January 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/SAKREV/status/555104953451425792
@SAKREV "Activist with tender feelings." Maybe Hitler felt that way when he shaved Eva Braun's legs.
— Michael Podwill (@MichaelPodwill) January 13, 2015
@markknoller @WickedBecks @PressSec love college profs & atts-they all try so hard to sound smart but they end up sounding like Norm Crosby
— 12stepgolf.com (@12StepGolf) January 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/SAKREV/status/555109647619997697
@SAKREV Perfectly willing to see THEM go to hell. I don't like the Islamic Jihadist Muslim terrorist bachelors trying to send US to heaven
— Michael Podwill (@MichaelPodwill) January 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/SAKREV/status/555110675509686274
@SAKREV OK by me. They can fry there–in bacon grease–sans virgins, too. ALL of 'em. When? How about right now. Right now works for me.
— Michael Podwill (@MichaelPodwill) January 13, 2015
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