President Obama’s chief of staff, Denis McDonough, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the president remains highly confident of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, despite protests and calls for Emanuel’s resignation over the alleged cover-up of the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.
McDonough said of a recent visit to Chicago: “The city looks great, the opportunities there are boundless. And so, I think what the President sees is a city and a people of Chicago and a mayor of Chicago that continue to do very good work.”
@meetthepress this is a joke, right??
— Dylan Harris (@Flota_DH) January 10, 2016
@meetthepress Corruption is lauded as "very good work" by this administration? Got it.
— Uri Blago (@UriBlago) January 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/bradleyg09/status/686243113048866816
Seriously? I mean seriously, is this what McDonough actually believes? Does he think we're all fools? #meetthepress https://t.co/vfOOuELtNj
— Bob (@happymountie) January 10, 2016
Now would Obama react differently if a member of the GOP who isn’t besties with him were involved in a scandal? You better believe it. The evidence is in that same interview when McDonough was asked about a situation in Michigan under Gov. Rick Snyder.
McDonough also commented on the water crisis impacting Flint, Michigan, where children have been poisoned by lead from drinking tap water. Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican who has faced criticism for not responding to the disaster quickly enough, declared a state of emergency within the past week over the elevated levels of lead.
On whether the federal government would intervene, McDonough said the White House is “obviously very concerned about it … we’re watching it very closely, but nobody has asked us anything yet.”
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So they’re “very concerned” about the situation in Michigan under Snyder, but Rahm’s doing “very good work.”
I didn't expect Obama to throw him under the bus, but this is kind of nuts. https://t.co/8dnPxe0Czi
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) January 10, 2016
President is clueless, just a crony friend not helping that city….. https://t.co/Nm90Hkwavq
— Rocky Balboa (@RockyBalboa1066) January 10, 2016
Remember that time Al Sharpton called on Emanuel to resign?
To be fair, Obama also thinks his ISIS strategy and Obamacare are doing well. https://t.co/UgbTaLlhJA
— Eddie (@eddiecarl4468) January 10, 2016
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