President Obama Falsely Claims Fast and Furious Program “Begun Under the Previous Administration”

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ABC News:

Sep 21, 2012 11:39am

President Obama Falsely Claims Fast and Furious Program “Begun Under the Previous Administration”

 

Asked about the Fast and Furious program at the Univision forum on Thursday, President Obama falsely claimed that the program began under President George W. Bush.

“I think it’s important for us to understand that the Fast and Furious program was a field-initiated program begun under the previous administration,” the president said. “When Eric Holder found out about it, he discontinued it. We assigned a inspector general to do a thorough report that was just issued, confirming that in fact Eric Holder did not know about this, that he took prompt action and the people who did initiate this were held accountable.”

In actuality, the Fast and Furious program was started in October 2009, nine months into the Obama presidency.

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OBAMA: White House strains credulity.

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Seriously, I can't tell if he was lying or just stupid. Probably both, eh?

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Eric Holder Is Still Alive, A Lot Of Other People Not So Much

 

By: streiff (Diary) | September 21st, 2012 at 12:47 PM | 4

 

Not terribly surprising as this man’s best friend is The Big Lie.

During an interview that was noted for actually asking Obama questions with follow-up rather than the sorry spectacle we’ve become accustomed to of a reporter attaching himself to Obama’s nether regions and demonstrating their absence of a gag reflex, Obama was questioned about the ill-conceived Operation Fast and Furious and the DOJ IG report:

Q Mr. President, you told me during an interview that you — Eric Holder or you did not authorize the Fast and Furious operation that allowed 2,000 weapons from the United States to Mexico, and they were in drug-trafficking hands. I think that up to 100 Mexicans might have died, and also American agent, Brian Terry. There’s a report that 14 agents were responsible for the operation. But shouldn’t Attorney General Eric Holder — he should have known about that. And if he didn’t, should you fire him?

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September 21, 2012

 

 

 

 

Jake Tapper: President Obama Falsely Claims Fast and Furious Program “Begun Under the Previous Administration”..

 

 

Jake Tapper went where no others at Politico dare to go, fact checking Obama:

 

Asked about the Fast and Furious program at the Univision forum on Thursday, President Obama falsely claimed that the program began under President George W. Bush.

 

White House officials did not respond to a request for comment after the falsehood was pointed out to them

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"White House officials did not respond to a request for comment after the falsehood was pointed out to them"

 

I wonder if they were too embarrassed to respond. Once they start correcting him they won't be able to stop.