Rep. Peter King Is Angry President Obama Wore A Tan Suit

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Rep. Peter King (R-NY) went on an extended rant about President Barack Obama’s decision to wear a tan suit during a statement about the terrorist group ISIS he delivered on Thursday at the White House.

“There’s no way any of us can excuse what the president did yesterday,” King said on NewsMaxTV on Friday. The interview was flagged by Buzzfeed. “When you have the world watching … a week, two weeks of anticipation of what the United States is gonna do. For him to walk out —I’m not trying to be trivial here— in a light suit, light tan suit, saying that first he wants to talk about what most Americans care about the revision of second quarter numbers on the economy. This is a week after Jim Foley was beheaded and he’s trying to act like real Americans care about the economy, not about ISIS and not about terrorism. And then he goes on to say he has no strategy.”

Users on social media monitoring Obama’s comments at the White House briefing did seem distracted by Obama’s decision to wear a summer suit. The White House.

On Friday White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the president felt good about his suit.

Watch King’s remarks below. He starts fuming about the suit at around 1:40:

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