Viral Like Able: Obama talks about gay Russian athletes at presser after nobody asks about them

2015. április 29., szerda

Obama talks about gay Russian athletes at presser after nobody asks about them

http://twitter.com/#!/redsteeze/status/365915324333309954

In one of the more disjointed and scattered press conferences in recent memory, President Obama took a moment to speak about gay rights in Russia after having been asked a question about that subject by nobody in particular:

http://twitter.com/#!/guypbenson/status/365915296701218817

Obama, segueing from a question about Edward Snowden’s temporary asylum in Russia, the cancelled summit with Putin and the general failure of the “reset button” to improve U.S./Russian relations, started talking about gay rights in that country as it pertains to their Olympic athletes:

http://twitter.com/#!/JessicaTaylor/status/365915334445768704

Here’s the video:

Clearly Obama was in no hurry to get to Benghazi questions:

http://twitter.com/#!/jimgeraghty/status/365915457598930944

http://twitter.com/#!/MangyLover/status/365915274702110720

http://twitter.com/#!/deppisch/status/365915436312821760

Obama’s explanation got a little confusing:

http://twitter.com/#!/redsteeze/status/365917391089184769

Perhaps one reason Obama veered into that subject is because he’s been a well-known champion of gay rights for several hundred days now:

http://twitter.com/#!/NoahPollak/status/365915411948118017

Obama clearly thinks a lack of gay rights in Russia is not a “phony scandal.”

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Obama talks about gay Russian athletes at presser after nobody asks about them