Katie
Packer, a Republican campaign consultant with deep roots in Michigan GOP
politics, got slammed for comments she made on MSNBC that suggested the Paris
attacks by ISIS are more disturbing to Americans than 9/11 ever was.
Packer, who
served as deputy campaign manager for Mitt Romney in 2012 and is now based in
Washington, made her remarks on the show “All In” Thursday during a discussion
about Islamic jihad.
MSNBC host
Chris Hayes seemed dumbfounded by Packer’s assertions regarding 9/11 but she
pressed on:
Packer: Well, you know, after 9/11 it was
not necessarily a sense that this was a global thing that was happening on
every street corner.
not necessarily a sense that this was a global thing that was happening on
every street corner.
Hayes: Katie, after —
you’re saying this is a — that we have a better realization of international
jihad now than after 9/11?
you’re saying this is a — that we have a better realization of international
jihad now than after 9/11?
Packer: Absolutely. A
realization 15 years later after we’ve seen people get shot in movie theaters
and on street corners —
realization 15 years later after we’ve seen people get shot in movie theaters
and on street corners —
Hayes: As opposed to
3,000 Americans murdered?
3,000 Americans murdered?
Packer: I’m not
talking about the number. In everyday life. I’m talking about the instances we
didn’t have people ten years ago flying planes into every cafe on every corner.
Two weeks ago we had people just sitting enjoying coffee at a cafe in Paris and
having guns pulled out on them. So it does bring it a little bit closer to
home.
talking about the number. In everyday life. I’m talking about the instances we
didn’t have people ten years ago flying planes into every cafe on every corner.
Two weeks ago we had people just sitting enjoying coffee at a cafe in Paris and
having guns pulled out on them. So it does bring it a little bit closer to
home.
Now, “planes
flying into every café” was obviously Packer misspeaking but that phrase “on
every corner” was uttered twice. And her reference to movie theaters brings to
mind Aurora, Colo., and a domestic terrorist, not jihad by Muslims.
flying into every café” was obviously Packer misspeaking but that phrase “on
every corner” was uttered twice. And her reference to movie theaters brings to
mind Aurora, Colo., and a domestic terrorist, not jihad by Muslims.
Packer’s
remarks were assailed on Twitter and liberal commentator Tommy Christopher of
The Daily Banter weighed in, using his bomb-throwing skills to thrash Packer’s “jaw-dropping”
point of view:
“This is so
staggeringly dumb on so many levels, I hardly know where to begin, but how
about with the fact that there was plenty of coffee in the World Trade Center.
That was plenty close to home, and in the aftermath of 9/11, there were lots of
attacks on people around the world who were just going about their business.
How about the fact that our ‘realization’ was so intense that, as Hayes pointed
out, President Bush felt compelled, over and over again, to tell Americans not
to blame Islam.
staggeringly dumb on so many levels, I hardly know where to begin, but how
about with the fact that there was plenty of coffee in the World Trade Center.
That was plenty close to home, and in the aftermath of 9/11, there were lots of
attacks on people around the world who were just going about their business.
How about the fact that our ‘realization’ was so intense that, as Hayes pointed
out, President Bush felt compelled, over and over again, to tell Americans not
to blame Islam.
“… It is Republicans’
wildest wet dream that they can get people as scared now as they were after
9/11, so it’s no surprise they’d try to alter reality to do it.”
wildest wet dream that they can get people as scared now as they were after
9/11, so it’s no surprise they’d try to alter reality to do it.”
Remember, she was Bill Schuette's consultant and may still be. Her sister is running Marco Rubio's campaign in Michigan. She made hundreds of thousands, if not millions, from the Romney '12 campaign through convoluted business practices that helped top-level campaign advisers and consultants run money through their firms and through firms that they were associated with in varying capacities.
I would like someone to please tell me what race she has won in the last 20 years…please share. Someone has to be out there that can give her credit for winning more than just a state senate race in Monroe county……If it wasnt for her sister, ex boyfriend, and ex husband she would not have a job in politics.