David Plouffe, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, fired back at Newt Gingrich Sunday over the Republican presidential contender’s remarks about the killing of an unarmed black teenager in Florida.
On Friday, Obama spoke out for the first time about the killing of Trayvon Martin, saying, “If I had a son, he would look just like Trayvon.”
Gingrich, speaking Friday on FOX News called Obama’s statement “disgraceful,” adding, “Is the president suggesting that, if it had been a white who’d been shot, that would be OK, because it wouldn’t look like him?”
On Sunday, Plouffe called Gingrich’s comments “reprehensible” in an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
Plouffe then took a deeper jab at the former House speaker. “Speaker Gingrich is clearly in the last throes of his political career,” he said. “You can make a decision whether to go out with some shred of dignity or say these irresponsible, reckless things, and he’s clearly chosen the latter path, and that’s unfortunate for the country.”
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