In what comes across as an assault on the sensibilities of a community in mourning, the White House announced that President Obama will literally drop in on San Bernardino Friday en route to Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation.
While not quite rising to the level of former President George W. Bush’s infamous flyover of New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina’s immediate aftermath, for which he was all but crucified for in the press, Obama’s planned “pit stop” seems even more egregious.
But then, secure in the knowledge that an adoring media has his back, this is a president unconcerned with optics.
Two weeks after a terrorist attack claimed the lives of 14 people, an attack his administration attempted to characterize as “gun violence,” Obama will visit privately with families of victims, NBC News reported — which means no viral shot of the president singing “Amazing Grace,” as was the case in Charleston, S.C.
The chutzpah behind Obama’s last minute decision wasn’t lost on social media users, here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
JUST IN: President Obama to visit San Bernardino en route to Hawaii on Friday
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) December 16, 2015
Sure is nice of him to make that pit stop. https://t.co/j3xAVJAQz3
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 16, 2015
@gbrinsonPTBO @redsteeze @CNBCnow There’s a golf course right across the street from #TerrorAttack site
— Gary Carlo (@GaryACarlo) December 16, 2015
@redsteeze @CNBCnow Cool. It’s been a week since I’ve heard the blame is on ppl like me, and not on ppl who have “I❤️Jihad”bumper stickers.
— DTH (@DavidTHogan) December 16, 2015
@redsteeze @CNBCnow never waste a photo op….
— Barbie A. Woodside (@BarbieWoodside) December 17, 2015
@redsteeze He checked the box. Not like he really gives a shit. Kabuki lives.
— RedneckLatino (@Shambhala7) December 16, 2015
@redsteeze @CNBCnow Like that shell shocked grieving city needs his nonsense!
— Antonio Esq. (@VerumEstLiberta) December 16, 2015
@CNBCnow How magnanimous of him. I’m sure he’ll call it “an example of gun violence” instead of #terrorism AGAIN too.
— Steven Rosenblum (@StevenRosenblum) December 16, 2015
.@CNBCnow echos of O jetting off to play golf w/boytoy Reggie Love a few short hours after our Ambassador & 3 Operators killed in #Benghazi
— Mathew S Harrison (@MathewSHarrison) December 17, 2015
@ggiul1256 @CNBCnow Good thing the timing worked out to match his vacation
— Mad Rick (@Rickeyleetw) December 16, 2015
@CNBCnow well there is a golf course right across the street from location of #TerroristAttack
— Gary Carlo (@GaryACarlo) December 16, 2015
In his Aloha shirt and flip flops? https://t.co/T4HlJgvMry
— Brad (@cualtemuac) December 16, 2015
“en route” https://t.co/42vPUfgCgM
— Victor Cachat (@SocrateezNutz) December 16, 2015
@CNBCnow timing is everything. @POTUS nothing like showing up 2 weeks later
— Gabe Gifoli (@GabeGfolls) December 17, 2015
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