In addition to all the cringeworthy stills from Obama’s selfie stick video shoot with BuzzFeed, there’s also this awkward moment:
Why is the president glorifying gun violence? Extremely disappointing. pic.twitter.com/GJgy5JSK7y
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 12, 2015
OK, the cheese factor is definitely strong there. But Cooke is right about the gun violence part. How can a president who’s come out so strongly against guns stand there and make shooting gestures in a mirror? How can the gun-grabbing Left not burn with outrage?
#GangstaPOTUS? RT @charlescwcooke: Why is the president glorifying gun violence? Extremely disappointing. pic.twitter.com/D7D6HbHY4e
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 12, 2015
Time for the age-old thought exercise:
If that were Bush… RT @charlescwcooke: Why is the president glorifying gun violence? Extremely disappointing. pic.twitter.com/vuv0IdFyQg
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) February 12, 2015
Or … if it were a kid:
@charlescwcooke that pistol pose would get him suspended in many elementary schools
— Joe Sullivan (@thesullyman) February 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/stevenjj2002/status/565936392404865024
@charlescwcooke That behavior could get you suspended from most public schools these days.
— 8@44y (@844y) February 12, 2015
A 2nd grader w/b suspended RT @charlescwcooke Why is the president glorifying gun violence? Extremely disappointing. pic.twitter.com/8tJptPHHeo
— Agam Tapaktuan (@Agam_T) February 12, 2015
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kids get kicked out of school for doing just this MT @charlescwcooke: Why is the president glorifying gun violence? pic.twitter.com/4kEiqkidb8
— beth (@dicentric) February 12, 2015
@charlescwcooke how many kids have been suspended from school for doing the same?
— Nino (@baldingschemer) February 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/bitingtea/status/565935988695121922
@charlescwcooke Automatic three day suspension under the #zerotolerance weapons policy.
— Fauxmaha (@J3ffMiller) February 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/DaveHendo/status/565938434385391616
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