Today’s lesson in race card logic comes to us courtesy of Congressional Black Caucus chairman Emanuel Cleaver. Here’s how he reacted to Romney’s criticism of Obamacare while delivering a speech at the annual NAACP convention:
Rep Cleaver (D-MO) MSNBC: booing Romney on healthcare “inappropriate but predictable” & “he should never have gone there in the first place”
— Greg Giroux (@greggiroux) July 11, 2012
Video via The Washington Examiner:
Such is life under Obama’s post-racial presidency. Apparently a white candidate must never “go there” when speaking to a black audience about a black opponent’s policies. It’s okay to talk about Obamacare, just not to “this audience.”
Would Rep. Cleaver would prefer that Romney lie? Does he think black Americans need to be pandered to and spoon-fed liberal pablum instead of hearing what Romney’s candidacy is really about?
https://twitter.com/PollyCarbo/status/223075322516611073
Nothing racist about that. No siree.
Shorter Rep. Cleaver: Obama should not be criticized in front of the American people because of his skin color.
— joe warner (@jwarner180) July 11, 2012
Conservatives on Twitter tried to puzzle out how Rep. Cleaver’s logic might apply to other situations.
So I guess President Obama shouldn't criticize Romney in front a white audience in Ohio, right Rep. Cleaver? #StuckOnStupid
— Seth (@dcseth) July 11, 2012
According to Cleaver's logic, Obama shouldn't criticize Palin while speaking before women.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 11, 2012
Rep. Cleaver must also believe that Obama can never criticize Romney in front of white voters. Right?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 11, 2012
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/223080427395629057
Can Obama criticize Romney in front of white audience? @secupp: Cleaver: Romney should not have criticized Obama in front of black audience.
— Brad Boll (@acoltfan) July 11, 2012
This tweet just might blow Rep. Cleaver’s mind.
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/223074636953432065
Hey, Rep. Cleaver, we’ve got news for you:
@BenHowe Anybody who says the president shouldn't be criticized is obviously not well versed in history or the Constitution.
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) July 11, 2012
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