GOP Staffer Apologizes For Telling Obama Daughters To Show ‘A Little Class’

President Barack Obama, joined by his daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, center, speaks at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, during the presidential turkey pardon ceremony, an annual Thanksgiv... President Barack Obama, joined by his daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, center, speaks at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, during the presidential turkey pardon ceremony, an annual Thanksgiving tradition. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) MORE LESS
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A Republican staffer apologized on Friday for comments she made about the way Sasha and Malia Obama dressed for the turkey pardoning ceremony on Wednesday.

Elizabeth Lauten, the communications director for Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN), wrote in a Facebook post that the Obama girls did not dress with “class” and looked like they were dressed for “a spot at a bar.”

Lauten deleted the Facebook post, but The Root’s Yesha Callahan and Gawker captured screengrabs of her comments.

Read the full Facebook post:

Dear Sasha and Malia, I get you’re both in those awful teen years, but you’re a part of the First Family, try showing a little class. At least respect the part you play. Then again your mother and father don’t respect their positions very much, or the nation for that matter, so I’m guessing you’re coming up a little short in the ‘good role model’ department. Nevertheless, stretch yourself. Rise to the occasion. Act like being in the White House matters to you. Dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar. And certainly don’t make faces during televised public events.

Lauten apologized on Friday in a Facebook post that she also later deleted.

“I reacted to an article and quickly judged the two young ladies in a way that I would never have wanted to be judged myself as a teenager. After many hours of prayer, talking to my parents and re-reading my words online, I can see more clearly how hurtful my words were,” she wrote. “Please know that these judgmental feelings truly have no pace in my heart. Furthermore, I’d like to apologize to all of those who I have hurt and offended with my words, and pledge to learn and grow (and I assure you I have) from this experience.”

Sasha and Malia Obama join the president for the turkey pardoning ceremony every year, a tradition the Obama daughters never seem to enjoy.

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  1. Avatar for anniew anniew says:

    The fact that she needed to pray to realize that what she said was so mean spirited is telling.

  2. Avatar for buford buford says:

    Apology not accepted…fuckwad…

  3. They should be dignified, like Jenna and Tonica

  4. Who can forget the Bush daughter (aged 21) in the back seat of the Presidential limousine?

  5. Just imagine the uproar if a Democrat called the Palin kids trailer trash for their behavior: brawling, cussing, getting pregnant out of wedlock…! The Palins would immediately play the victims and cry to the press. The Obama’s…not so much.

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