Like the communist that he is, President Obama appropriated some land for the state, designating three new national monuments. Democrats have started a 2020 redistricting super PAC called “Advantage 2020,” while the GOP is readying it’s counterpart, “John Boehner, The 91-Year-Old Speaker.” And Rudy Giuliani thinks Obama doesn’t love America like he does, though he might just be jealous of the time he went to America’s apartment and, standing on the sidewalk drenched in rain, saw the president through the window. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Thursday, February 19th, 2015:
RUDY GIULIANI NOUN/VERB/OBAMA’D SO HARD – You mean to tell us that Rudy GIuliani still isn’t embracing his fate and appearing in home security system commercials? (“I’m former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, if ISIS knows one thing, it’s that it hates America. If it knows another thing, it’s that it never messes with the Slomin Shield.”) Igor Bobic: “Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) sparked a firestorm on Wednesday, when he proclaimed that President Barack Obama ‘doesn’t love’ America. The backlash keeps rolling in. ‘I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America,’ Giuliani reportedly said at a private New York fundraiser for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. ‘He doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country.’ Asked about the matter during a flight aboard Air Force One to Chicago, a White House…’It was a horrible thing to say,’ deputy press secretary Eric Schultz said, according to a pool report. Schultz further jabbed at the onetime presidential hopeful by noting that Giuliani had tested the line during his ‘fleeting 2007 run for the presidency.’ Democrats have also denounced Giuliani’s comments as offensive and called on Walker and the rest of the potential 2016 GOP presidential field to do the same… Walker, who was in the room while Giuliani was speaking, responded Thursday morning. “The mayor can speak for himself. I’m not going to comment on what the president thinks or not,” Walker said. “I’m in New York. I’m used to people saying things that are aggressive.” [HuffPost]
Not that anyone asked, but Bobby Jindal released a statement refusing to condemn Giuliani’s remarks. Thanks, Bobby!
GROUNDHOG SEES SHADOW – Every year we do this story. It’s a tradition. Sam Stein: “The wave of progress on LGBT rights has yet to reach the halls of the unsuitably named Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. For yet another year, the Conservative Political Action Conference will exclude from its list of sponsors the Log Cabin Republicans, a conservative group that advocates for gay rights.” [HuffPost]
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– @SabrinaSiddiqui: I have the same dress as RBG and I’m totally ok with that. pic.twitter.com/RnXtsLuIuk
@GrahamDavidA: Remember Andrew Sullivan?
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