Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a leading Republican contender for the White House in 2016, said Saturday he doesn’t know whether President Barack Obama loves his country.
“You should ask the president what he thinks about America,” Walker told The Associated Press while in Washington for a weekend meeting of the National Governors Association. “I’ve never asked him so I don’t know.”
Earlier in the week, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said during a dinner speech, with Walker in attendance, “I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America.”
Democrats have assailed Giuliani for questioning Obama’s love of country and urged the potential field of Republican presidential candidates to rebuke Giuliani for his comments.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, another possible 2016 candidate, said he didn’t think it helps to question the president’s patriotism or motives. Giuliani, Pence said, is “a great American” who is “understandably frustrated with a president who lectures us on the Crusades, but seems incapable of calling radical Islamic violence by name.”
Walker, who has been amassing donors and headlines since a well-received speech last month in Iowa, has been a visible presence at the annual governors’ meeting, participating in events and making himself available to reporters.
He said that if he does choose to run, he’ll likely skip the step of forming a formal exploratory committee and instead transition straight from the political organization he launched to begin raising money to “an outright presidential campaign.”
Walker didn’t say when he’d make a decision but that “any reasonable candidate, whether it be my consideration or anybody else, has to be in by midyear.” He said his state’s budget was generally settled by the end of June.
“If I choose to be a candidate, you’re not going to hear me say ill will about any of the other candidates,” Walker said. “I’m going to talk about what I’m for. I think Americans are sick and tired of politicians that talk about what they’re against and who they’re against.”
(AP)
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this is nonsense hit job.
Very smart of Walker now the ball is in the media’s court to ask obama publicly if he loves this country and what he loves about it. Then we can watch the stuttering king in action like never before should be a great watch
Rudeness and sarcasm might help in the primaries, but civility will help in the election. Obama did not get to be president by making fun of the Republicans (that waited until afterwards when he decided that “elections matter” gave him a license to be crude and rude, which as one sees, backfired).
what did obama ever do to prove his loyalty to america. did he ever make any sacrifices? making meaningless speeches, seizing control, hanging around communists? no- i dont recall anything serious he did. why is he above any doubt??
and look at obama’s stooges, they dont come back w/ any clear answers anyways. all they do is say that you arent supposed to ask those questions! Let’s hear some real clear demonstrations of his loyalty!