ZitatThe publisher of the conservative newspaper the Roseburg Beacon told Breitbart News reporter Lee Stranahan that Barack Obama would not be welcome in town after politicizing the deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College on October 1.
Asked what he thought of the rumors that the president might be visiting Roseburg, David Jaques said that he thought it would be “very inappropriate” and “disrespectful to the families.”
As PJ Media reported on Friday, Roseburg is a politically conservative town that has a history of being very pro-2nd Amendment, and that hasn’t changed in the wake of the UCC massacre that left nine dead and nine injured.
“The fact is, the president has no connection with this community, he has no connection with any of the families,” he said.
Jaques argued that Obama made that “abundantly clear” when he rushed to a microphone to pontificate about gun control before all of the bodies had been identified, and before authorities had contained the scene.
“And he’s holding a press conference 3,000 miles away from here…almost implying that he could have singlehandedly prevented this from happening if Congress had listened to him.”
Because the president openly admitted that he was “politicizing” the tragedy, Jaques said he considered a potential visit from him nothing more than a campaign stop to further his agenda of disarming Americans.
It shows not only a total disdain and disregard for our constitution, but for our very citizens — especially those of us here in Douglas County,” said Jaques. He added that “we believe in the Second Amendment. We believe in the whole Constitution.”
Forget what the people of Roseburg want. His Highness is scheduled to go.
"President Barack Obama will visit Roseburg Friday, marking yet another stop he has made in a community hit by a mass shooting.
Obama will "visit privately with families of victims," according to a White House official, who said further details of his visit would be released in the next few days.
The president has already been scheduled to attend a luncheon fundraiser that day in Seattle for Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., so he's presumably coming to Roseburg before or after."
At least one Democrat had the sense to know that the rush to politicize this crime was in very poor taste. She refused to comment on any gun control questions as the tragedy was unfolding [and Obama was shooting off his mouth].