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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told his Democratic caucus last week in a private meeting that a top House Republican said to President Barack Obama, "I cannot even stand to look at you," according to two Democratic senators who were present.
The account was confirmed by two Senate Democratic aides who said they independently learned of the exchange from other senators.
A White House official said Thursday that the administration did relay such a message to Reid, but that it was the result of a miscommunication.
While the quote attributed to a Republican lawmaker in the House GOP meeting with the President is not accurate, there was a miscommunication when the White House read out that meeting to Senate Democrats, and we regret the misunderstanding," the official said in a statement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/harry-reid-pete-sessions_n_4156453.html
But he has a history of making racist comments....
"In September 2010, Sessions remarked after watching the Princeton University men's basketball team, "How often can you go see a bunch of white guys play basketball?" He also reportedly said that the players stayed entirely below the rim. The comments were described as an allusion to the phrase "White Men Can't Jump", and were labeled as inappropriate by New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell.[17]
Less than two weeks after his "white guys" comments he made controversial comments about the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) giving money to and supporting, "African Americans like Sanford Bishop. And when you have to retreat back to ... your hard base you're having to make tough decisions."[18][19]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Sessions#Racial_comments
JustAnotherGen
(33,268 posts)As of yesterday - the white house has not confirmed this as the truth? What's in it for President Obama to not confirm it? There's something going on in the back end that we aren't seeing . . .
Buns_of_Fire
(17,781 posts)Let the House Monkeys like Sessions throw feces at each other. As the aggrieved party who remains silent, his stature increases while their stature decreases every time they open their mouth.
Besides, he can always sic Grayson on 'em.