Talk radio host Mark Levin was not at all pleased with President Obama’s weekend Oval Office address on the threat of terrorism, responding to the speech at one point by accusing the commander in chief of being an anti-Semite.
The president’s address came just days after two radicalized Islamic terrorists, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 27, shot and killed 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif.
“For this guy to be lecturing us, 315 million law-abiding Americans. We don’t bother anybody, we don’t harm anybody. We don’t send our kids overseas. We’re not trying to infiltrate refugee camps and so forth,” the radio host said Monday on his program.
“For him to be lecturing us, when 14 of our fellow citizens were shot down in cold blood and slaughtered, and 21 others too, and the next act of terrorism, too. This man is a disgrace, he’s not my president. I impeached him in my own mind and my own heart a long time ago,” he added. “How dare you talk to us this way, Barack Obama. Don’t you know we’re the greatest people on the face of the earth? Don’t you know that we’d go anywhere to fight for liberty, from one hellhole to another, defending people who shoot us in the back.”
A large part of the president’s weekend address was dedicated to assuring Americans that they need not live in fear of terrorist attacks. He also implored his audience to not take out their fears on American Muslims, arguing that “Islamophobia” is both immoral and un-American.
The latter part of the president’s address apparently didn’t sit well with Levin.
“We don’t need your damn lectures. You don’t speak to us this way. Our ancestors black, white, red, yellow, whatever, and we’re under attack. How dare you lecture we the people? How dare you fail to do your job as commander in chief? You are a disgrace,” the host said.
He continued, referencing Federal Bureau of Investigation data on hate crimes.
“Fifty-seven percent of hate crimes committed against Jews — when’s the last time you talked about that? Never. Why? I’ll tell you why. You’re an anti-Semite, and I’ve said it many times before, and I don’t care what the Left says about me,” he said.
By contrast, he said, only 16 percent of recorded hate crimes have been against Muslims.
“One hundred eighty three hate crimes committed against Muslims. Out of 315 million people,” Levin said.
“You want to see hate crimes committed against Muslims, they know how to commit hate crimes, I’ll tell you what. People come here and try to change our way of life, people come here and they’re plotting in their garage with pipe bombs and all the rest,” he said. “What the hell for? Then they tell us to be on the lookout for anything suspicious — what does that mean? Alright, I’ll report something suspicious: Barack Obama. He’s responsible. He’s got more blood on his hands than any modern president.”
