Soooo ... about these Obama comments on North Carolina and Mississippi's new anti-LGBT laws ...pic.twitter.com/mm4DMo1UYd
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I've asked the White House about it, though it was at the end of the day on a Friday, and I hope to get some clarification.
People acting like I'm saying Obama had to attack the states: I said no such thing. He chose to go on for three graphs; he didn't need to.
The result of that is that he said things: (1) factually unsupportable, (2) likely not even in fitting w the admin's own position on NC law.
And before people ask about how I can know as to 2, I'd point folks to the admin's brief in the Grimm case:http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/obama-administration-supports-transgender-student-in-federal#.jrXG9MGNR …
OK, that's that (for now).
@chrisgeidner what would you have him say, in a foreign policy context? Don’t come to this part of my country?
@AlexaMRomero Continue reading the thread:https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/723682457686577152 …
@chrisgeidner I read it. I still stand by my comment. Context matters. If it were a domestic speech, I would have different expectations.
@chrisgeidner I completely agree. Reading it just gave me a bad feeling. He made impossible claims.
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