Obama Blasts Huckabee And Trump Over ‘Marching Israelis to the Door Of The Oven’ Remark
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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:
Tell Congress to do their constitutional duty & reject the Obama-Kerry #IranDeal –> http://t.co/SaIyuq4w01 pic.twitter.com/2rFJgdDHhV
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) July 26, 2015
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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