Thursday, February 18, 2016

Watch How Obama Responds When Reporter Reminds Him That He Tried to Filibuster Alito in 2006 (UPDATE: Obama ‘Regrets’ Filibuster) | Video | TheBlaze.com

Watch How Obama Responds When Reporter Reminds Him That He Tried to Filibuster Alito in 2006 (UPDATE: Obama ‘Regrets’ Filibuster) | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Obama said as much at a press conference Tuesday on the issue: ”I am amused when I hear people who claim to be strict interpreters of the Constitution suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are not there.”

But a reporter asked Obama to comment on similar actions he took as a U.S. senator: ”How do you respond to Republican criticism that your position is undercut by the fact that you and other members of your administration who were in the Senate at the time tried to filibuster Judge [Samuel] Alito in 2006?”

Obama seemed momentarily taken aback by the question — "



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