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GOP aide resigns over criticism of President Obama's daughters
WASHINGTON — An aide to a Republican congressman resigned Monday after her Facebook post criticizing President Barack Obama's daughters touched off a backlash.
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President Barack Obama, joined by his daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, center, speaks at the White House on Nov. 26, in Washington during the presidential turkey pardon ceremony, an annual Thanksgiving tradition. An aide to a Republican congressman has resigned after her critical comments about President Obama's daughters touched off a backlash. Elizabeth Lauten, communications director to Rep. Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, commented on Malia and Sasha Obama's pose and dress at a White House ceremony last week in which the president pardoned a turkey. She wrote that the girls should have shown more class. Lauten later apologized for the comments on her Facebook page that had drawn harsh criticism.
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Elizabeth Lauten, communications director to Rep. Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, said 16-year-old Malia Obarna and her sister Sasha, 13, should have shown more "class" at a turkey-pardoning ceremony last week at the White House.
Addressing her comments directly to the Obama girls, Lauten wrote that they should "respect the part you play," and added: "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"
Lauten also urged the Obama girls to "dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar."
Lauten later apologized for the comments and deleted the original post, which drew harsh criticism across social media.
Jessica Carter, chief of staff for Fincher, said Monday that Lauten resigned. Carter had no additional comment on a personnel matter.
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White House spokesman Josh Earnest said he was surprised that a congressional staffer would use a Thanksgiving-themed event to criticize the first family, adding that it's "pretty much common sense" that the first daughters should be off-limits to criticism.
Earnest said the incident is a reminder that people who frequently speak in public need to choose their words carefully and be mindful of how their words will be perceived.
Roy Herron, chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party, called Lauten's criticism of the Obama daughters "cruel, outrageous and inexcusable."
wanted to be judged myself as a teenager," Lauten told The Commercial Appeal of Memphis in an email. "Please know, those judgmental feelings truly have no place in my heart. Furthermore, I'd like to apologize to all of those who I have hurt and offended with my words."
Herron called the comment an "unprecedented low in Washington mudslinging" and "absolutely toxic for our
After Lauten's post became the topic of conversation on a variety websites, she issued an apology, saying "many hours of prayer," conversations with her family and a re-reading of her words made her reconsider the post.
Sean Spicer, communications director for the Republican National Committee, tweeted Monday that "children, especially the first daughters, are off limits."
civic life and political culture."
But while Lauten's comments were "inappropriate and insensitive, the mainstream media's coverage of this story is appalling," Spicer said, adding that in more than 20 years in politics, he has "never seen one of the countless inappropriate comments by Democrats ever covered to a fraction of this" remark by a previously unknown staffer.
"When I first posted on Facebook I reacted to an article and I quickly judged the two young ladies in a way that I would never have
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