Posted on 09/04/2009 12:43:36 PM PDT by counterpunch
Rep. Mike Pence, the no. 3 Republican in the House, is calling on Obama green jobs czar Van Jones to resign.
This sort of thing would usually be laughed off by Democrats -- a conservative Republican telling a Democratic appointee to quit.
But the Obama team isn't exactly jumping to back Jones today in wake of revelations that in the past he signed on to one of the "truther" groups that claimed 9/11 was an inside job. Oh, and he called Republicans a**holes in a video earlier this year before he was appointed.
Asked about Jones' affiliations with the 9/11 group at the daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs would only say: "It's not something that the president agrees with." And then Gibbs referred other questions to a statement Thursday by the Council on Environmental Quality in which Jones said he never backed any of these 9/11 conspiracy groups.
"Given recent revelations concerning the associations and statements of the president's green jobs czar, Van Jones should resign his position and if he is unwilling to do so, the president should demand his resignation. His extremist views and coarse rhetoric have no place in this Administration or the public debate," Pence said. "The Constitution of the United States vests Congress with the responsibility to advise and consent in the appointment of high ranking officials by the president. To date, President Obama has appointed more than thirty individuals to ‘czar’ positions within his Administration without permitting the Congress or the American people to properly examine their backgrounds or public records."
Bad timing. He’ll need to do it again the middle of next week.
Don't make me pay for it Mike. Keep up the good work.
get an interpreter to tell jones to resign in russian. he will understand it then.
I think Jones should stay as reminder to the American people of the Marxist A-hole they elected to the highest office in the land.
WHO THE HELL DID THEY THINK BHO WAS GOING TO APPOINT?
Just heard Mark Simone who is filling in for Sean Hannity this afternoon.........he reminded everyone that it was Van Jones who began the boycott against Glenn Beck.
I don’t want him to resign....I want Obama to DEMAND his resignation and THEN Obama needs to come forward about the rest of his czar appointees and what his TRUE agenda is. Otherwise, he needs to go....impeach...whatever. We can NOT let up on this guy.
Bless him for standing up but geeze, where the hell has he been? (as well as our other so called, leaders)
Van Jones called Republicans a**holes
Van Jones portrays President Bush as a "crackhead"
Van Jones speaks his (Marxist) mind at Berkeley
Let's spread this far and wide over Labor Day weekend to make Jones' position untenable next week.
Remind them that this is a WHITE HOUSE SENIOR OFFICIAL who directly oversees $3.6 billion in stimulus funds, and would oversee another $56 billion if Cap and Trade became law.
That commie Mark Lloyd needs to go...hell, they all do! They’re all traitors to the Constitution and the Republic.
Mike needs to up the ante and demand that ALL czars be forced to resign and be nominated by Obama for vetting through the congressional confirmation process prior to appointment to specific open cabinet positions.
Glenn Beck is not in Congress, he is on TV.
Mike Pence is one of the few members in Congress — on either side of the aisle — who seems to be in touch with the American people.
Did he call for Obama to resign since Obama sees the world the same way?
The most prominent voices of conservatism aren't Republicans in the Congress, but the obvious handful of private individuals who speak out consistently.
The Congress of the United States needs a top to bottom purge, including both Democrats AND Republicans.
I don’t want him to resign....I want Obama to DEMAND his resignationPresident 0.J. isn't going to do that.
Exactly!
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