AMERICA/OBAMA/HOLDER DISRESPECT FRANCE

What Attorney General Eric Holder Did in France is OUTRAGEOUS and DISRESPECTFUL!

January 11, 2015 By Greg Campbell - Tea Party News Network

On Sunday, the world came together in a spectacular fashion. Dozens of the world’s leaders attended a rally in Paris as hundreds of thousands joined them, chanting things such as “freedom” and “Charlie.”

Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian State President Mahmoud Abbas joined the crowd in a rare display of unity.

 

Though their schedules were, reportedly, fairly open, neither President Barack Obama nor Vice President Joe Biden were in attendance. Instead, Attorney General was sent in their stead.

 

However, in a shocking act of disrespect, though he was in Paris, Holder did not attend the march that was attended by dozens of world leaders.

 

The Daily Mail reports on this disgusting snub:

 

Adversaries including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov put aside their differences and linked arms for a march down the Place de la Concorde in defiance of the Islamist terror attacks that rocked the city last week.

 

The heads of all major European powers, including British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined French President Francois Hollande.

 

But the US was missing in action. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden remained in Washington – despite having no public events on their schedules today. Secretary of State John Kerry was a world away in Indian, on a pre-planned trip.

 

Attorney General Eric Holder was in Paris for a terrorism summit, but he slipped away and made appearances on four US morning talk shows just as the incredible rally was starting.

 

Political opponents – and even some allies – were quick to criticize Obama for not showing up himself, or at least sending a top member of the administration to represent him.

 

‘Sad that 50 world leaders could show solidarity in Paris but President Obama refused to participate. The cowardice continues,’ tweeted Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

 

Politico reporter Ben White wrote: ‘Is it just me or does it feel like Obama should be at this big March in Paris?’

 

Fox News host Greta Van Susteren said: ‘This is really embarrassing – WHERE IS PRESIDENT OBAMA? Why didn’t he go?’  

 

While the President Obama is a busy man, his absence at the show of international solidarity was notable, considering his schedule was wide open today.

 

Vice President Joe Biden often fills in for the president at events like this, but he was no where to be seen either, despite his similarly empty schedule.

 

Most remarkable was the fact that Holder, one of the top members of Obama’s cabinet, was in Paris on Sunday – but skipped the rally.

 

While Holder was pictured shaking hands with French officials after the event, he slipped away before the march kicked off around 3pm.  

 

Holder appeared on four Sunday morning talk shows around the same time as the march – though it’s uncertain whether he spoke live from Paris or if his segments were pre-recorded. The Department of Justice would not immediately comment on Holder’s schedule with Daily Mail Online.

 

According to Buzzfeed, Holder left Paris after the summit to return to Washington. 

 

Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry was half a world away in India, preparing for the president’s upcoming trip to the south Asian country in the coming weeks. 

 

This flagrant disrespect is an absolute embarrassment for each and every American.

 

To the liberals who constantly feel the need to remind their fellow Americans that “the rest of the world hates us,” where are the calls of condemnation for this arrogant and selfish act of disrespect?