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REPUBLICAN COMMENTATORS AND politicians have been lining up to pour scorn on Barack Obama, in the wake of the US President’s emotional announcement on gun control.
Speaking at the White House earlier, Obama became emotional as he remembered the 20 schoolchildren gunned down in Newtown, Connecticut three years ago.
“Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad,” the President said, as he welled up.
The limited measures are aimed at tackling rampant gun violence in the US by making it harder to buy and sell weapons.
Republican White House hopefuls like Marco Rubio and Ben Carson have been taking to the airwaves to criticise the announcement – while some of the harshest criticism came from Fox News hosts Andrea Tantaros and Meghan McCain.
His comment about gun violence in Chicago in particular drew the ire of Tantaros, who co-hosts the Outnumbered programme on the conservative news channel.
“He’s almost at the end of his term, and you haven’t seen him go to Chicago and speak out about this issue, and he is uniquely poised to do so really.
Everything he’s doing won’t solve the problem. So I would check that podium for, like, a raw onion, or some No More Tears. I mean… It’s not really believable… ‘And the award goes to…’
Co-host Meghan McCain – a daughter of Senator and former GOP White House candidate John McCain – said Obama’s Chicago remark “didn’t seem horribly authentic”.
“Maybe it is, I don’t know him at all.
But, I agree with you there’s so much more to be done. Again – if you care so much, go to your home town of Chicago instead of talking about God-fearing Americans who just want to protect themselves when Isis is coming into their home town and shooting up 14 people.
(For the record, Obama visited Chicago at the end of October. Gun violence was the main topic of his speech to a conference of law enforcement officials).
Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan said Obama’s announcement amounted to a “form of intimidation that undermines liberty”.
Plenty of people have also been taking to Twitter to criticise the President’s ‘fake’ and ‘crocodile’ tears.
Humourist John Hodgman evidently agrees:
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On paper makes less money than Enda as leader of the free world
Ryan Tubridy gets paid more than Obama, now don’t choke on your cornflakes, Ray Darcy too. RTE is like a little fantasy republic of its own, except we pay for it with our fcking taxes. WTF
Bill Clinton’s fee for after dinner speeches is 250k a pop. Obama will make the same. They will be crazy rich
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: Free World? Feels like that is an illusion, in my opinion!
RTE doesn’t get any taxes.
It gets part of the TV Licence fee.
Will you stop using that pathetic term “leader of the free world”. He is the leader of America and no one else. Also could America even be considered a fully free and democratic country, in what other democratic country would someone get over 1 million votes more than their rival and still lose.
Oh yeah that’s not a tax it’s a donation to the fantasy republic of RTE.
@PaulJ: only the UK,
That’s not accurate, Endas salary is €200k and Obamas is $400k
PaulJ, it’s called the electoral college. Look it up and try to understand why.
Donnacha, he’s not my leader and I’m free. Does he determine what happens here, in the U.K, France, Germany, etc etc etc. No, just in the U.S.
Gary, get back to ud in a coupmr of years and tell us the new U.S. president, who doesn’t believe in climate change, has no effect on your life.
Wayne Rooney earns more in a week
No, he just gets paid more.
Peter, that’s what’s called ‘The Market’ They get paid whatever people are prepared to pay them. What would be your alternative?
2 week old story with a different camera angle. All you’re doing is creating a story so you can get the property advertising in. Pitiful.
joe duffy gets paid more than obama. what a joke
All the Marys and Jimmy’s need someone to sulk to though
@Leitrim303: Would you trust him with the nuclear codes lol.
Cute house I don’t think Trump & Obama have the same taste or interior designer .
“Hmmm needs more gold” Trump probably.
We need to set our politians salary on amount of population goverened ….
@Upowthat Burke: Merkel would love that lol.
Should they really be advertising the location and layout of Obama’s new digs
Lifetime SS protection
I know, no need to tempt fate though.
Lacks class.
Should suit the Obamas.
Hold hold don’t say it the African American house
There goes the neighbourhood
Nice reward for a mass murderer
@Upowthat Burke: Calling it Number 7 Drone House lol.
Beautiful house all the same
Pity the neighbours, when the Secret Service finishes with the place they’ll hate whenever the family comes and goes.
On the other hand those living on the street will have extra security around the place so less dodgy characters calling around the doorsteps when houses are unoccupied.
Have they clean water.
Build in 1928 that’s spooky, beautiful house though
Why is it spooky?
@Sean O’Connor: Just imagine that you had just moved in to number 2447 and you saw Mooshell out in her under drawers doing her voodoo at midnight, now that would spook anyone.
@Arthur Callaghan: Amityville 2 you mean? lol.
Nice….but is it near the luas
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