<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:17px;line-height:1.467em!important;padding-bottom:15px!important">[...]<br><span style="line-height:1.467em">Here's Representative Johnson, talking about the </span><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/benjamin-netanyahu-congressional-black-caucus-115103.html" style="line-height:1.467em;color:rgb(156,22,46);outline:none;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">opposition of members of the Congressional Black Caucus</a><span style="line-height:1.467em"> (CBC) to the planned speech of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Congress:</span></p><blockquote style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:17px;line-height:20px;padding-left:25px!important;margin:0px!important;border-left-width:0px!important"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.467em!important;padding:0px 0px 15px!important">"It's not <strong>just about</strong> disrespect for the president, it's disrespect for the American people and our system of government for a foreign leader to insert himself into a issue that our policymakers are grappling with," said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.). "It's not <strong>simply about</strong> President Obama being a black man disrespected by a foreign leader. It's deeper than that." <em>(My emphasis.)</em></p></blockquote><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:17px;line-height:1.467em!important;padding-bottom:15px!important">Did you catch that? It's not <strong>just about</strong> Netanyahu disrespecting the President of the United States. It's not <strong>simply about</strong> Netanyahu disrespecting a black man. It's about Netanyahu disrespecting the US people and our system of government.</p></div><div><br></div><div>- Rep. Hank Johnson: It's Not Just About Netanyahu Dissing Our Black President<br></div><div><a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29074-rep-hank-johnson-it-s-not-just-about-netanyahu-dissing-our-black-president" target="_blank">http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29074-rep-hank-johnson-it-s-not-just-about-netanyahu-dissing-our-black-president</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>===</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left"><a href="tel:%28202%29%20448-2898%20x1" value="+12024482898" target="_blank">(202) 448-2898 x1</a></span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div></div></div></div>
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