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| Justice Dept silent as Holder charges critics with racism |
| 2011-12-19 |
| Attorney General Eric Holder accused his growing chorus of critics of racist motivations in a Sunday interview published in the New York Times. When reached by The Daily Caller Monday morning, the Department of Justice provided no evidence to support the attorney general’s claims. Holder said some unspecified faction — what he refers to as the “more extreme segment” — is driven to criticize both him and President Barack Obama due to the color of their skin. Holder did not appear to elaborate on who he considered to make up the “more extreme segment.” “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” Holder said, according to the Times. “Both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.” The White House hasn’t returned requests for comment on whether President Barack Obama agrees with his top law enforcement officer’s allegations of racial motivations. Holder’s accusations come as resignation calls mount from a growing list of 60 congressmen, two senators, every major Republican presidential candidate and two sitting governors, spurred on by the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious. Additionally, seventy-five congressmen have signed onto a House resolution for a vote of “no confidence” in Holder as attorney general. Between the two lists, there are 86 total in the House who no longer trust Holder to head the Department of Justice. It’s not the first time the race card has come into play in efforts to protect Holder from criticism Most recently, during a December 8 House Judiciary Committee hearing into Fast and Furious where Holder was testifying, Georgia Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson argued that Fast and Furious wasn’t that big of a scandal because “white supremacists,” among others he described, were able to purchase weapons at “gun shows.” Johnson, who was concerned Guam may “tip over and capsize” if more military personnel are sent there, later told TheDC that he thinks the tea party movement and the National Rifle Association “manufactured” Fast and Furious as a scandal to try to attack the president. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #3 Sounds honestly like the vast majority of the DoJ needs to wind up in jail, sacked and executed for treason, since I think that supply guns to what are in effect terrorists is treason or at least, terrorism. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick - Halliburton Lost Drill Bit Division 2011-12-19 23:27 |
| #2 Holder plays the race card? Sounds like the the desperate cry of someone trying to keep his job and protect BO. Fast and Furious was a fubar all the way. If he and his boss knew about it they are criminal; if not incompetent. Either way he ought to go. Has nothing to do with racism. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-12-19 22:27 |
| #1 “I grew up in the United States military and it’s not about your color, it’s about your competence, it’s about your abilities to execute a mission,” West said. “If your commanding officer turns heat on you, it’s because you have failed to achieve the mission and I think what we’re doing is we’re looking at something that was a very horrible program — this Operation Fast and Furious.” - Allen West |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-12-19 19:46 |