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Originally Posted by cheweycat
The minute you use the word “thugs”, you lost me. It seems to be a convenient “Fox news” type of categorizing anyone who does not agree with your point of view.
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Obama stands by the term 'thugs,' White House says
President Obama doesn't regret using the term "thug" in describing the violent rioters in Baltimore this week, spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday.
"Whether it's arson or, you know, the looting of a liquor store ... those were thuggish acts," Earnest said.
In discussing the riots Tuesday, Obama assailed the "criminals and thugs who tore up the place," and described them as a distraction from the real issues of police brutality.
Obama stands by the term 'thugs,' White House says