GOP Rep.: Obama Reaped 'What He Has Sowed' In Dallas Shooting
A Republican congressman from Virginia said Tuesday that President Barack Obama has reaped "what he has sowed" in the slayings of five police officers during a peaceful protest last week in Dallas.
In an interview on "The John Fredericks Show" first flagged by Right Wing Watch, Rep. Robert Hurt (R-VA) said that Obama's support of the Black Lives Matter movement was just “Chicago-style politics.” Hurt went on to say that Obama was using racial discrimination to divide the country and that he feels that the Dallas shooting was Obama getting what he had coming to him.
“He has drawn this narrative for political purposes and now we're seeing him reap what he has sowed," Hurt said.
"He has sown this racial —he has fanned these flames, I think he has in many ways highlighted these things in ways that I don’t think are fair or right, and now we’re seeing the fruit of this,” he added.
The congressman, who is not running for re-election, then referenced Obama's scheduled appearance at a memorial service for the five officers who were killed. He suggested that in light of Obama's comments on race and the police, families of the slain officers may not want to see him speak at the memorial.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/robert-hurt-obama-reaped-what-he-sowed-in-dallas
= new reply since forum marked as read
