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Newt Gingrich: Obama's Trayvon Martin Statement 'Disgraceful' (382 hits)

Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich slammed Barack Obama on Friday, saying the president's remarks about the fatal February shooting of Trayvon Martin were "disgraceful."

President Barack Obama addressed Martin's death during a Rose Garden appearance earlier Friday, framing the tragedy in personal terms by saying, "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon." Gingrich responded to Obama's remarks during a "Hannity Radio" interview:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/23/newt-gingrich-trayvon-martin-barack-obama_n_1376659.html?ir=Black+Voices&ref=topbar

Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Saturday, March 24th 2012 at 3:29PM
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What the president said, in a sense, is disgraceful. It’s not a question of who that young man looked like. Any young American of any ethnic background should be safe, period. We should all be horrified no matter what the ethnic background.
Is the president suggesting that if it had been a white who had been shot, that would be OK because it didn’t look like him. That’s just nonsense dividing this country up. It is a tragedy this young man was shot. It would have been a tragedy if he had been Puerto Rican or Cuban or if he had been white or if he had been Asian American of if he’d been a Native American. At some point, we ought to talk about being Americans. When things go wrong to an American, it is sad for all Americans. Trying to turn it into a racial issue is fundamentally wrong. I really find it appalling.
Saturday, March 24th 2012 at 3:32PM
DAVID JOHNSON

Is that what ole Newt said, eh? He can't be serious ... playing Politics at every corner is he? That's why he's on his way out of the Republican running for Presidency with his wife who has that fake bleach blonde hair that never moves cause she wears to much Hairspray.

Saturday, March 24th 2012 at 7:05PM
Jen Fad

NEWS FLASH...ANY ONE AWARE THAT OUR PRESIDENT IS HALF AND HAS A 50-50% CHANCE OT HAVING A CHILD THE HAS THE SKIN COLOR OF HIM MOTHER...???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????...

OR DAVID, IF OUR PRESIDENT HAD THE SKIN COLOR OF HIS MOM WOULD THIS BLOG EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE NEWT WAS HAVIG A PERSONAL POBLEM WITH OUR PRESIDENT SAYING HIS SON WOULD LOOK LIKE HIM?!!!? (NUP)
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