Hoyer: Rep. Joe Wilson ?ought to apologize to the House.?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 11th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Hoyer: Rep. Joe Wilson ?ought to apologize to the House.?
Last night, after Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) interrupted President Obama’s speech by yelling, “you lie!,” Wilson issued a statement of apology and followed it up with a call to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. But House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) doesn’t think Wilson’s efforts at repentance go far enough. On MSNBC’s Morning […]
Last night, after Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) interrupted President Obama’s speech by yelling, “you lie!,” Wilson issued a statement of apology and followed it up with a call to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. But House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) doesn’t think Wilson’s efforts at repentance go far enough. On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Hoyer called Wilson’s actions “inappropriate” and “shameful,” adding, “I think, frankly, he ought to apologize to the House as well because not only did he undermine the civility in the House of Representatives.” Watch it:
Before Wilson issued his apology last night, Hoyer told WTOP that “there’ll be time enough to consider whether or not we ought to make it clear that that action is unacceptable in the House of Representatives.” On ABC’s Good Morning America today, Vice President Biden responded to Wilson by saying, “I was embarrassed for the chamber and a Congress I love.”
Rep. Jean Schmidt tries to insist she?s not a birther.
At a Labor Day tea party in Cincinnati, OH, ThinkProgress captured exclusive footage of Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) whispering to a birther, “I agree with you, but the courts don’t.” Watch it: Yesterday, Schmidt issued a statement attempting to back away from her comments, claiming that she was only agreeing “that the constitution should be […]
At a Labor Day tea party in Cincinnati, OH, ThinkProgress captured exclusive footage of Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) whispering to a birther, “I agree with you, but the courts don’t.” Watch it:
Yesterday, Schmidt issued a statement attempting to back away from her comments, claiming that she was only agreeing “that the constitution should be strictly interpreted”:
The President is indeed a Citizen of this country and constitutionally qualified to be President of the United States. I may not agree with his politics but there is no doubt he is the President and has my full respect. The video clip being circulated by some is part of a longer conversation with a woman who was very upset about a number of things. I, in no way, agree with her belief that President Obama is not a citizen of the United States. I did agree with her view that the constitution should be strictly interpreted. I was trying to be kind to a woman who was trying desperately and passionately to express her views. She has the right to her beliefs, no matter how much I disagree with them.
Despite this statement, as Politico’s Glenn Thrush has noted, it’s clear from the footage that Schmidt was playing a “wink-wink game” with the birther crowd.
