Rep. James Clyburn (D., S.C.) reacted to reports of an unnamed White House official characterizing President Obama's Congressional charm offensive as a "joke" Wednesday on MSNBC:
THOMAS ROBERTS: So the president is meeting with House Republicans this afternoon. Is anyone really taking seriously the outreach that the president is doing? Are your colleagues on the Hill really looking at this and recognizing that the president is trying to engage in coming together in a consensus?
JAMES CLYBURN: Yes, we are. I don't know who may have said that. But let me say to that person, this ain't no joking matter. It's nothing to laugh at here. We're talking about the future of this country. You're talking about the education of our children, you're talking about the security and safety of our senior citizens. We're talking about trying to get our economy growing again. This is not a laughing matter, and we ought not be throwing away those kinds of comments.
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