It’s another one of those “pot / kettle” things that Obama is so famous for.
President Obama remarked Tuesday that the “vulgar and divisive rhetoric” that has been heard on the campaign trail this political season “has to stop.”
He made his less-than -friendly remarks at the Friends of Ireland Luncheon hosted by House Speaker Paul Ryan at the Capitol.
CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller was there taking notes and reporting.
Pres Obama says "vicious atmosphere in our politics…has to stop." Tells members of Congress "all of us are responsible for reversing it."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 15, 2016
Of the name-calling in the pres campaign, Pres says we can "roundly reject this kind of behavior in the other party or our own party."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 15, 2016
He added that “the corrosive behavior can undermine our democracy and our society.”
Well, the president should know all about this — he’s been engaging in “corrosive behavior” and “divisive rhetoric” full-throttle for eight years now, without any sign of letup.
And social media was only too happy to remind him.
Now do the one of Paul Ryan pushing an old woman in a wheelchair over a cliff. https://t.co/CZEVONyeR6
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 15, 2016
His campaign made a video of Ryan pushing grandma off a cliff. https://t.co/QGp0Pc4TYU
— MRA_Con (@MRA_Con) March 15, 2016
@redsteeze @VRWCTexan @markknoller @SpeakerRyan Remember a 2009 "We won, you lost" conversation when Obama discarded Ryan & bipartisanship?
— Fred Hensley (@fredhensley) March 15, 2016
Right after I finish calling out the Supreme Court at the State of the Union and telling opponents "I won. You lost."https://t.co/7fLpMNOvfB
— Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) March 15, 2016
Candidate Obama 08: "If they bring a knife – We bring a gun"
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Obama has ZERO moral high-ground from which to speak. https://t.co/zzT0UMWpFm— Tom T. (@VRWCTexan) March 15, 2016
And he wasn’t talking about al-Qaida on that one — he was referring to the Republican Party during his first presidential run.
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser. “Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl.”
@markknoller This coming from the man who blames everything on Republicans,
— John Trotta (@jet0324) March 15, 2016
@markknoller The man who has refused to work with congress for 7 years now wants to talk?
— PatLynnFor (@PatLynnFor) March 15, 2016
@markknoller Lead by example. pic.twitter.com/yiRZhgWNrG
— cpindc (@cpindc) March 15, 2016
@cpindc @markknoller remember "Trabaggers"?
— Sailor Chick '95 (@strinam) March 15, 2016
This one pretty much summed it all up.
Kettle piledrives Pot into the mat. @instapundit https://t.co/nlq6BukRBd
— Lunatic in the Hall (@LunaticWretch) March 15, 2016
If this is the manner Obama chose to repay Ryan’s hospitality, I somehow doubt that the speaker will be inviting him to any more luncheons.
Watch his remarks, via C-SPAN
H/T: Twitchy
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