Yeah, that’s it in a nutshell:
"I think he was speaking colloquially," Earnest says, defending Obama's comment last week that he'd just changed the law on immigration
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) December 2, 2014
Oh.
Obama was speaking "colloquially," WH's Earnest says of Obama's claim that he "changed the law" on immigration.
— Brian Hughes (@BrianHughesATL) December 2, 2014
"He was speaking colloquially there," says @PressSec of Pres Obama's comment last week that he took action to change the immigration law.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/rorycooper/status/539852344092286976
Josh Earnest says that Obama was "speaking colloquially” when he said that he had “changed the law” on immigration. Whatever that means
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) December 2, 2014
Josh Earnest on Obama speaking colloquially “Say that five times fast" https://t.co/6RCjLCTqzD
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) December 2, 2014
C’mon, Josh. Even you can do better than that.
.@VRWCTexan @markknoller @PressSec No, he changed it. "speaking colloquially" is BS.
— GSnyder (@genesnyder13) December 2, 2014
He thinks he can change the law and for all intents and purposes he did. *He even told us he did. *Nevermind. He was speaking colloquially.
— Jessica Heddings (@JessicaHeddings) December 2, 2014
Well, what’s good for the goose …
I'm going to say "Honey, I was just speaking colloquially," whenever I get in Dutch with the missus.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) December 2, 2014
Hey, why not? Seems to have worked pretty well for POTUS.
https://twitter.com/rorycooper/status/539853754053693440
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— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) December 2, 2014
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