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Related: About this forumSenator suggests gender played into Obama-Warren spat
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of the top Democratic opponents of President Barack Obama’s trade agenda, criticized Obama on Tuesday for what the senator saw as “disrespectful” comments toward Sen. Elizabeth Warren and indicated that Warren’s gender may have played a role.
“I think by just calling her ‘another politician’,” Brown told reporters Tuesday when asked how Obama was being disrespectful to Warren. “I’m not going to get into more details. I think referring to her as first name, when he might not have done that for a male senator, perhaps? I’ve said enough.”
“I think the president was disrespectful to her by the way he did that,” Brown told reporters during the news conference, which came after nearly all Senate Democrats voted to block trade measures from proceeding on the Senate floor. “I think that the president has made this more personal than he needed to.”
Brown continued: “I know he disagrees. When he said that a number of us — not just Sen. Warren — but don’t know what we’re talking about, we’re fighting the last war, a number of those phrases he used, I assume he wished he hadn’t said them because he shouldn’t have said them.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/sherrod-brown-barack-obama-gender-role-elizabeth-warren-spat-117866.html#ixzz3ZxuKacwq
“I think by just calling her ‘another politician’,” Brown told reporters Tuesday when asked how Obama was being disrespectful to Warren. “I’m not going to get into more details. I think referring to her as first name, when he might not have done that for a male senator, perhaps? I’ve said enough.”
“I think the president was disrespectful to her by the way he did that,” Brown told reporters during the news conference, which came after nearly all Senate Democrats voted to block trade measures from proceeding on the Senate floor. “I think that the president has made this more personal than he needed to.”
Brown continued: “I know he disagrees. When he said that a number of us — not just Sen. Warren — but don’t know what we’re talking about, we’re fighting the last war, a number of those phrases he used, I assume he wished he hadn’t said them because he shouldn’t have said them.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/sherrod-brown-barack-obama-gender-role-elizabeth-warren-spat-117866.html#ixzz3ZxuKacwq
Glad to finally see the third-way crew being openly called out on their attempts to belittle and demean the core Democrats. Perhaps the giant really is waking up.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/sherrod-brown-barack-obama-gender-role-elizabeth-warren-spat-117866.html#ixzz3ZxuHD3CN
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Senator suggests gender played into Obama-Warren spat (Original Post)
NorthCarolina
May 2015
OP
Demeaning? Obama critics will be calling for him to Dance before it's over. Disgusting.
Hoyt
May 2015
#1
Sherrod is one of my favorite senators, but as a woman, I am befuddled. How is this sexist??
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#3
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)1. Demeaning? Obama critics will be calling for him to Dance before it's over. Disgusting.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)2. I agree with Brown's position on TPP
But I think he is off base here
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)4. Yeah, I agree
I like and respect both President Obama and Senator Warren and don't see it as a gender issue. They fundamentally disagree with each other about the TPP, but I think Brown is reading too much into it.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)3. Sherrod is one of my favorite senators, but as a woman, I am befuddled. How is this sexist??
