White House reacts to Palin: 'Domestic violence is not a joke'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:22pm EST

White House reacts to Palin: 'Domestic violence is not a joke'

WASHINGTON | BY MEGAN CASSELLA

The White House pushed back on Thursday against former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's comments on domestic violence, saying the issues she raised on the campaign trail are some that the Obama administration takes "quite seriously."

Palin's son was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman and carrying a gun while intoxicated, police in the family's Alaska hometown said on Tuesday.

In a speech she made Wednesday to support leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Palin linked her son's charges to his experience in the U.S. military and blamed the Obama administration for not doing enough to support its veterans.

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White House spokesman Josh Earnest, asked about the comments at a news briefing on Thursday, said the instinct of many people is to "make light" of some of the rhetoric on the campaign trail, particularly from Palin.

"The fact is domestic violence is not a joke. Gun violence is not a joke. Problems with addiction are not a joke and the ... sacrifices that many of our men and women in uniform make, for our safety and security, are not a joke."

Earnest said while the fodder may come easy, "in this case, the issues that she's talking about are quite serious and are certainly issues that we take quite seriously here."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-palin-whitehouse-idUSKCN0UZ2ST

[onecent]

1. I am happy to see this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lame54]

2. the only joke is Palin herself

[pamela]

3. Another irresponsible gun owner

Palin implied that Track's PTSD was something they had been dealing with for a while. In the police report, they said they asked Track if there were guns in the house and he said that there were several. So, the Palins knowingly let a son, who they knew was mentally ill, have access to guns in their home-a home in which he is living. How is that different than Adam Lanza's Mom?

She's the NRA poster girl and a perfect example of someone who sings (well screeches) the praise of responsible gun ownership while putting dangerous gun ownership practices in place in her own home.

[maindawg]

4. Did they remove the guns from the house?

Because if this was your house or mine, they would .

[JudyM]

5. Palin is using that woman's pain to its politically expedient max. Because Track's not responsible.

How could he be? That would be a reflection on her parenting.

[smirkymonkey]

6. +1000

Of course, she will never take responsibility for the failures of any of her loser children. It's always somebody else's fault.

[JudyM]

7. She's a hot mess behind a pretty and enthusiastic exterior.

People who like her have a limited view, IMO, of what a strong, powerful woman actually is. She's a Polythene Palin version.

[backscatter712]

8. Having Sarah Palin for a mother would explain Track's PTSD... n/t

[JudyM]

9. Ha! Lol!