Obama Blasts Huckabee And Trump Over ‘Marching Israelis to the Door Of The Oven’ Remark

Posted by | July 27, 2015 10:00 | Filed under: Contributors News Behaving Badly Opinion Politics Tommy Christopher Top Stories

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Over the weekend, former Arkansas Governor and current Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee became just the latest candidate to light himself on fire to take some attention away from human fireworks display Donald Trump. Following a week in which Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) did literal violence to the tax code, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) did similar violence to a flip phone, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) attacked President Obama for doing all the things Marco Rubio does, Huckabee made his own bid for attention on Breitbart News Saturday.

Capping off his own buildup of insane ads bashing the Iran nuclear deal, Huckabee committed a felony violation of Godwin’s Law in describing the deal to Breitbart News:

“This president’s foreign policy is the most feckless in American history. It is so naive that he would trust the Iranians. By doing so, he will take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven.”

The comments were swiftly denounced by the Anti-Defamation League, which called them “completely out of line and unacceptable,” but lest you think this was some regrettable lapse by Huckabee, it wasn’t long before the candidate had meme’d it into a fundraising pitch:

At a press conference in Ethiopia Monday morning, President Obama was asked about the comment, and in a lengthy response, the President blasted Huckabee, but also took aim at Donald Trump. whom Obama credited with inspiring the remark…READ MORE

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By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

9 responses to Obama Blasts Huckabee And Trump Over ‘Marching Israelis to the Door Of The Oven’ Remark

  1. tracey marie July 27th, 2015 at 10:35

    The right has lost it’s way, it has devolved and run straight towards teabagger rhetoric of hate, lies and babble, well done Mr. President.

  2. Tommie July 27th, 2015 at 10:38

    I think Huckabee felt that Trump was outdoing him and leading the polls with his “speeches” so he wanted to get on act to raise his poll numbers! Ha!

  3. cogitoergodavesum July 27th, 2015 at 13:11

    Huck should stick to defending child molesters.

  4. William July 27th, 2015 at 13:28

    “The particular comments of Mr. Huckabee are, I think, part of just a general pattern that we’ve seen would be considered ridiculous if it weren’t so sad.”

    “I mean, we’ve had a sitting senator call John Kerry Pontius Pilate. We had a sitting senator who also happens to be running for president suggesting that I’m the leading state sponsor of terrorism. These are leaders in the Republican party.” President Obama.

    Pay attention republicans. This is the fundamental difference between an educated and clear thinking leader, and a group of ranting, nonsensical,l lunatics clamoring for attention.

  5. labman57 July 27th, 2015 at 13:51

    I don’t know what Obama was expecting — you don’t attend a 3-ring circus and hope to hear an insightful, substantive discussion of important issues.

  6. Bunya July 27th, 2015 at 14:16

    1) I think the president was way too nice to the Huckleberry.
    2) Why should Huckleberry care what happens to the Jews? After all, during the second coming (which conservatives think is going to happen in their lifetime), Republican Jesus is going to burn them anyway.

  7. Tim Coolio July 27th, 2015 at 21:31

    Democrats = war is the last resort,
    Republicans = war is the first resort!!

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