If a white Republican made such a boneheaded comparison he’d never hear the end of it.
Via Washington Examiner:
President Obama on Wednesday compared the challenges of health care reform to the civil rights movement as he urged young people to do “whatever they can” to help boost enrollment in Obamacare.
In an address to a youth summit hosted at the White House, Obama urged young supporters to not get “discouraged” amid the health care law’s rocky rollout and with polls showing declining support for the president’s signature achievement.
“Stuff that’s worth it is always hard. The civil rights movement was hard. Getting women the right to vote, that was hard. Making sure that workers had the right to organize, that was hard,” said the president.