At today’s White House press conference, Josh Earnest did not deny a report that a “senior administration official” referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “chickensh*t.”
WH disavows unidentified senior official quoted as referring to Israeli PM Netanyahu as "chickensh*t."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 29, 2014
.@PressSec says the comment about @IsraeliPM "does not accurately reflect at all" the President's view.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 29, 2014
"Comments like that do not reflect the adminstration's view," @PressSec says of "chickens*%remarks about Netanyahu
— lesley clark (@lesleyclark) October 29, 2014
Press briefing begins with the chickenshit question – Josh Earnest says comment is "counterproductive"
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 29, 2014
"I don't know who these officials are" says Josh Earnest about comments complaining about Netanyahu
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 29, 2014
CLIP: @PressSec answers the chickens**t question. http://t.co/NydnizR8Af pic.twitter.com/46ZxNWc90q
— Jeremy Art (@cspanJeremy) October 29, 2014
Earnest didn’t deny somebody inside the administration made the insult, but he did “joke” that it was his job to make it more appetizing:
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Josh Earnest makes odd joke about Atlantic piece, describing his job: "taking the product you've described and turn it into chicken salad."
— Tara McKelvey (@Tara_Mckelvey) October 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/Bridget_PJM/status/527508846462656513
Earnest on Chicksh*t dust up: My job often involves taking the product that you just described & turning it into Chicken salad #diplomacy
— Whitney Ksiazek (@SoooWhitty) October 29, 2014
On the Chicken ___t remark,
Earnest said it's his job to turn that into Chicken Salad — #YouTasteFirst, @PressSec— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) October 29, 2014
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include an additional tweet.
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