President Obama believes that Rush Limbaugh’s description of Sandra Fluke as a “slut” is “reprehensible,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said after confirming that Obama called Fluke today to offer her support.
“He certainly is aware of them, yes,” Carney said when asked if Obama knew of Limbaugh’s comments. “I think he thinks they were reprehensible, they were disappointing.” Carney lamented that Limbaugh directed such “personal and crude attacks” were directed at Fluke, who Carney said testified in support of the contraception mandate with “a great deal of poise.”
“The president called her to thank her for speaking out,” Carney said of their conversation, and “to express his disappointment that she had been subjected to this kind of attack.”
