Dear Leader isn’t going to pass up a good excuse to play the race card.
Via Washington Examiner:
The White House said that President Obama was looking forward to addressing the annual conference hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton, amid reports the civil rights leader worked as a confidential informant for the FBI.
Asked if there were any “second thoughts” about allowing the president to go ahead and speak at Sharpton’s National Action Network conference, after the media attention on Sharpton, White House press secretary Jay Carney replied “no.”
“Reverend Sharpton and the National Action Network have made significant contributions to civil rights efforts, and the president looks forward to appearing at the conference,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One, as Obama traveled to Texas.