White House Calls Congressional Republicans ‘Out of Step’ on Race | TheBlaze

“A sizable number of House Republicans are eager to protect the status of the Confederate flag on National Park Service grounds”, Earnest said during the White House’s daily briefing.

“These are the same House Republicans who voted for a party leader who onece described himself as ‘David Duke without the baggage, ‘” Earnest said. “That’s to say nothing of the Senate Republican who has saluted that candidate”. But he said the fact that Speaker John Boehner, who doesn’t think the flag should be displayed at federal cemeteries, hasn’t been successful in persuading his fellow Republicans of his view is “notable”.

For anybody who isn’t familiar with what he was talking about, Earnest connected today’s House Republican meltdown to the documented racism of the third-ranking Republican in the House, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), which he connected to the Republican refusal to criticize Donald Trump, which he connected to Sen.

Earnest also noted with a “high degree of confidence” that the computer problems that grounded United Airlines flights Wednesday was not related to the technical glitch at the NYSE.

Republicans in Congress, however, seem to have values and priorities that lie elsewhere. “I think that’s something that the American people themselves will consider as they evaluate the agenda that’s been advanced by Republicans in Congress”. He said Calvert’s amendment was “entirely consistent” with the Obama administration’s policy that bans the sale and display of the Confederate flag on National Park Service properties – except when it is in a historical or educational context.

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