White House softens Obama claim that all of his detractors are ‘crazies’

President Barack Obama, during a Monday fundraiser in Las Vegas, recounted how he and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had discussed plans to “deal with the crazies” who reject their leftist policies. The White House on Tuesday walked back the president’s comment, calling the remark “a little too flip.”

Obama’s remarks came as he assured donors that the Democrats have a plan to advance the party agenda as his presidency winds down, despite pushback from a Republican-led Congress.

On the way to the event, the president said, he and Reid spent time reminiscing and “figuring out how we’re going to deal with the crazies in terms of managing some problems.”

The president didn’t identify any particular “crazies” but suggested that opponents of his deal with Iran deal would fit the description.

Obama’s “crazies” remark caused a stir among Republicans in Washington.

“That incendiary rhetoric cheapens our political discourse and ignores the real concerns that Americans of all political persuasions have about the implications of this far-reaching deal,” Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) said in a statement.

White House spokesman Eric Schultz responded to the criticism Tuesday, denying that Obama was referring specifically to critics of the nuclear deal.

“He may have been a little glib in his language,” Schultz said.

He added, however, that the president stands by the “crazies” remark.

“Look at what some Republicans have floated in Washington, whether that’s shutting down the government, whether that’s funding the government at sequester levels when the economy needs more support, he thinks those are reckless steps,” the spokesman said.

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