Obama Lashes Out at O'Reilly Over Tough Benghazi and IRS Questions
Not accustomed to being asked difficult questions about his failures in
office, President Obama attacked Fox News host Bill O'Reilly during a
pre-Super Bowl interview on Sunday for daring to demand answers about
the Benghazi terrorist attack and the IRS targeting conservative groups.
[Listen to the audio]
O'Reilly pressed: "Your detractors believe that you did not
tell the world it was a terror attack because your campaign didn't want
that out. That's what they believe." Obama ranted in reply: "And they believe it because folks like you are telling them that." O'Reilly responded: "No, I'm not telling them that, I'm asking you whether you were told it was a terror attack."
Minutes later, while O'Reilly was asking about the IRS scandal, Obama tried to dismiss the topic: "Folks
have, again, had multiple hearings on this. I mean, these kinds of
things keep on surfacing in part because you and your TV station will
promote them."
O'Reilly pushed back: "But don't you feel there are unanswered
questions?" Obama reiterated: "Bill, when you actually look at the
stuff, there have been multiple hearings on it."
At the end of the exchange, O'Reilly challenged the President on wanting to "transform" America.
— Kyle Drennen is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Kyle Drennen on Twitter.
