Please stop insulting our intelligence.
Via The Blaze:
The White House denied that President Barack Obama’s decision to cancel his latest round of fundraisers amid the expanding Ebola situation Wednesday was done for political reasons, despite the president receiving a spate of criticism for appearing detached during recent crises.
On Sunday, when reports emerged of the first person contracting Ebola inside the U.S., Obama played the 200th round of golf of his presidency. Two days later, he attended a $32,400-per-person fundraiser in McLean, Virginia, to raise money for Democratic House candidates.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Obama’s scheduled New Jersey and Connecticut trips were canceled because of the second health care worker diagnosed with Ebola inside the Dallas hospital that treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient diagnosed with the virus in the U.S.
“This indicates the seriousness of this situation, and the president believes it was important to convene the people responsible for coordinating this response,” Earnest told reporters Wednesday. “That meeting was not possible while the president was traveling.”