Twitchy:
I'm really looking forward to Obama excusing al Qaeda's murder of 3,000 Americans by saying they didn't "specifically target" those victims.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 10, 2015
As Twitchy reported, in a recent interview with Vox’s Matt Yglesias, President Obama referred to the four Jews murdered in a Paris kosher market as “a bunch of folks” who were “randomly” shot “in a deli.”
During this afternoon’s White House press briefing, Josh Earnest had the unenviable task of trying to explain the president’s remarks. He did about as well as could be expected. In other words, he managed to dig the hole even deeper.
Randomly shoot a bunch of folks at a deli in Paris? ‘These individuals were not specifically targeted,’ says Earnest.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 10, 2015
Press Sec Earnest “these individuals were not specifically targeted” during deli attack in Paris #DailyBriefing
— Alex L. Khan (@PoliticKhan) February 10, 2015
– @jonkarl points out that even the victims weren’t “random” because it was a kosher deli – Josh Earnest repeats past defense
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 10, 2015
Josh Earnest says that there were other people in the kosher deli who weren’t Jewish – and that they weren’t targeted by name
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 10, 2015
What the hell?
Here’s the infuriating exchange, via The Washington Free Beacon (begins around the 3:25 mark):
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Transcript:
Josh Earnest refuses to say Jewish deli shooting had anything to do with Jewspic.twitter.com/AQjXHQ2ZFE
— Alana Goodman (@alanagoodman) February 10, 2015
Un-freakin’-believable.
They were. For being Jewish. https://t.co/0ZHd6BirZw
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) February 10, 2015
Wow RT @ByronYork: Randomly shoot a bunch of folks at a deli in Paris? ‘These individuals were not specifically targeted,’ says Earnest.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) February 10, 2015
Doubling down on random acts of violence https://t.co/Nq5bJx1TD5
— Rick (@StrokesofCandor) February 10, 2015
@mooshakins @ByronYork Jews in a kosher deli weren’t specifically targeted. I’m trying to stay calm.
— Heather (@hboulware) February 10, 2015
Those weren’t Jews in the Kosher deli in Paris. That were “food extremists”
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) February 10, 2015