White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Thursday that the GOP debate reminded him of a “tough day at the airport.”
Republican presidential candidates duked it out on Wednesday night — the second GOP debate of the season.
“I have to admit that watching the debate reminded me a little bit of a tough day at the airport,” Earnest said, to laughter from the press. “You saw a dozen people in suits who are lined up at kiosks in front of a plane.”
“They seemed angry, they seemed pessimistic ,and they’re looking for somebody to threaten. But, they also stood there for three hours,” Earnest said. “So, you can hardly blame them. But what we didn’t see is we didn’t see a lot of the sunny optimism that is typical of the President whose library they stood in.”
The debate came up earlier in the week in Earnest’s daily media briefing when he repeatedly told reporters that President Obama had no plans to watch the second Republican debate.
Watch the clip of Earnest’s comments at Mediaite.
