Several conservatives seized on the Amber Alert system website’s downtime over the weekend to criticize the Obama administration’s handling of the government shutdown.
A spokesman for the Department of Justice, Brian Fallon, debunked the rumor Monday. Amber Alerts were still issued over the weekend by individual states and counties even though the system’s website was down, according to Fallon.
White House #shutdown http://t.co/YzBZTMZuJI, but are posting alerts on him getting a sandwich. pic.twitter.com/26SmIdSqLm
— Rep. Steve Stockman (@SteveWorks4You) October 7, 2013
Finding missing kids is non-essential to the Obama administration. #AmberAlert website is down, FLOTUS nutrition website is up. #priorities
— Rep. Roger Williams (@RepRWilliams) October 7, 2013
Outrageous: @WhiteHouse shuts down Amber Alert website while keeping @MichelleObama’s “Let’s Move” campaign. pic.twitter.com/sQvWGeynrx
— Diane Black (@RepDianeBlack) October 7, 2013
RT @itsonlywords: White House chefs: Essential personnel. Missing children: Not so lucky. http://t.co/0hzGsKx4bh
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 6, 2013
The website outage was also featured prominently Monday on the front page of the Drudge Report:
