Plouffe: Gingrich's Comments 'Reprehensible'
(ABC News)
Obama senior advisor David Plouffe this morning eviscerated former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on "This Week" after the GOP presidential candidate lashed out at the president for his comments on Trayvon Martin.
"Those comments are reprehensible," said Plouffe. "Speaker Gingrich is clearly in the last throes of his political career…You can make a decision whether to go out with some shred of dignity or say these irresponsible reckless things. And he's clearly chosen the latter."
Plouffe was addressing comments Gingrich made on "The Sean Hannity Show" this past Friday.
"What the President said, in a sense, is disgraceful. It's not a question of who that young man looked like. Any young American of any ethnic background should be safe. Period," said Gingrich. "We should all be horrified no matter what the ethnic background. Is the President suggesting that if it had been a white who had been shot that would be okay because it wouldn't look like him? That's just nonsense."
Gingrich was referring to comments President Obama had made about the death of Trayvon Martin during a press conference.
"But obviously this is a tragedy. I can only imagine what these parents are going through. And when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids. And you know, I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pulls together - federal, state and local - to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened," said Obama. "But my main message is - is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon, and you know, I think they are right to expect that all of us, as Americans, are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we're going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened"
