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A Republican congressman from Virginia said Tuesday that President Barack Obama has reaped "what he has sowed" in the slayings of five police officers during a peaceful protest last week in Dallas.
In an interview on "The John Fredericks Show" first flagged by Right Wing Watch, Rep. Robert Hurt (R-VA) said that Obama's support of the Black Lives Matter movement was just Chicago-style politics. Hurt went on to say that Obama was using racial discrimination to divide the country and that he feels that the Dallas shooting was Obama getting what he had coming to him.
He has drawn this narrative for political purposes and now we're seeing him reap what he has sowed," Hurt said.
"He has sown this racial he has fanned these flames, I think he has in many ways highlighted these things in ways that I dont think are fair or right, and now were seeing the fruit of this, he added.
The congressman, who is not running for re-election, then referenced Obama's scheduled appearance at a memorial service for the five officers who were killed. He suggested that in light of Obama's comments on race and the police, families of the slain officers may not want to see him speak at the memorial.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/robert-hurt-obama-reaped-what-he-sowed-in-dallas
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)librarylu
(503 posts)More Obama "divisiness" or what?
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/13/prosecutor-berrien-co-shooter-had-kept-17-year-old-girl-prison/21431649/?ncid=webmail
(I'm finally learning what nice white Southerners mean by "divisive" when they're talking about President Obama.)
shenmue
(38,506 posts)underpants
(182,868 posts)They aren't going to like it anyway.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)what a right wing hack - let's reduce it down to what REALLY bothers him: A BLACK PRESIDENT