In the latest escalation in the Obama administration’s war of words with congressional Republicans, White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer compared the GOP to terrorists in an interview on CNN Thursday. ”We are for cutting spending. We are for reforming out tax codes, reforming out entitlements,” Pfeiffer told Jake Tapper.
“What we’re not for is negotiating with people with a bomb strapped to their chest. We’re not going to do that.”
President Barack Obama and aides have repeatedly called out Republicans for attempt to “extort” and “blackmail” the administration into cutting funding for the Affordable Care Act as part of a deal to keep the government funded into October. But the metaphors have rarely broached the boundaries of terrorism.
Huff Post wrote: Former President Bill Clinton weighed in on an increasingly likely government shutdown in an interview with ABC's 'This Week'. Clinton criticized Republican demands, as well as their obsession with Obamacare.
"I've never seen a time-- can you remember a time in your lifetime when a major political party was just sitting around, begging for America to fail?" said Clinton
Read more: Obama Senior Adviser Compares Republicans To Terrorists | TIME.com
“What we’re not for is negotiating with people with a bomb strapped to their chest. We’re not going to do that.”
President Barack Obama and aides have repeatedly called out Republicans for attempt to “extort” and “blackmail” the administration into cutting funding for the Affordable Care Act as part of a deal to keep the government funded into October. But the metaphors have rarely broached the boundaries of terrorism.
Huff Post wrote: Former President Bill Clinton weighed in on an increasingly likely government shutdown in an interview with ABC's 'This Week'. Clinton criticized Republican demands, as well as their obsession with Obamacare.
"I've never seen a time-- can you remember a time in your lifetime when a major political party was just sitting around, begging for America to fail?" said Clinton
Read more: Obama Senior Adviser Compares Republicans To Terrorists | TIME.com
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