Post by Daniel on Jul 9, 2016 8:55:15 GMT -5
Republicans slam grinning Obama for politicizing Dallas police massacre as he laughs his way through NATO summit
-President Barack Obama cheerfully yukked it up with British Prime Minister David Cameron during the NATO summit in Poland while Americans remained in shock after the murders of five police officers overnight
-Dr. Ben Carson carped at him for defaulting to gun control arguments
-Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, whose district includes parts of the Dallas metroplex, complained that Obama was MIA while the nation mourned
-Former Gov. Mike Huckabee dismissed Obama as a wedge-issue divider for pushing gun control 'at a time of great grief'
-National Association of Police Organizations chief said there is 'a war on cops, and the Obama administration is the Neville Chamberlain of this war'
By David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com
8 July 2016
President Barack Obama's Republican adversaries piled on the criticism on Friday after he turned the overnight Dallas police massacre into a political platform – and then grinned from ear to ear as he reconnected with world leaders at a NATO summit in Poland.
Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, both on their way out of office soon, seemed in a particularly light-hearted mood despite the day's grim and dominant subject matter.
The pair laughed and joked with fellow leaders as they posed for a group picture and yukked it up as photographers kept snapping.
Hours earlier Obama had sermonized about the deaths of five police Texas police officers upon landing in Warsaw, saying that 'when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes it more deadly and more tragic.'
'And in the days ahead we are going to have to consider those realities as well.'
read full article
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3681457/Republicans-slam-grinning-Obama-politicizing-Dallas-police-massacre-laughs-way-NATO-summit.html
-President Barack Obama cheerfully yukked it up with British Prime Minister David Cameron during the NATO summit in Poland while Americans remained in shock after the murders of five police officers overnight
-Dr. Ben Carson carped at him for defaulting to gun control arguments
-Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, whose district includes parts of the Dallas metroplex, complained that Obama was MIA while the nation mourned
-Former Gov. Mike Huckabee dismissed Obama as a wedge-issue divider for pushing gun control 'at a time of great grief'
-National Association of Police Organizations chief said there is 'a war on cops, and the Obama administration is the Neville Chamberlain of this war'
By David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com
8 July 2016
President Barack Obama's Republican adversaries piled on the criticism on Friday after he turned the overnight Dallas police massacre into a political platform – and then grinned from ear to ear as he reconnected with world leaders at a NATO summit in Poland.
Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, both on their way out of office soon, seemed in a particularly light-hearted mood despite the day's grim and dominant subject matter.
The pair laughed and joked with fellow leaders as they posed for a group picture and yukked it up as photographers kept snapping.
Hours earlier Obama had sermonized about the deaths of five police Texas police officers upon landing in Warsaw, saying that 'when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes it more deadly and more tragic.'
'And in the days ahead we are going to have to consider those realities as well.'
read full article
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3681457/Republicans-slam-grinning-Obama-politicizing-Dallas-police-massacre-laughs-way-NATO-summit.html