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Krauthammer: Stats Behind WH's Equal Pay Exec. Order 'Total Rubbish'

George Will: President Obama 'an intellectual incompetent' on gender pay gap

Fox News contributors Charles Krauthammer and George will ripped the White House for employing questionable stats that stand as the foundation for President Obama's equal pay executive order.

Krauthammer criticized the White House press secretary Jay Carney for alleging that the White House's own smaller gender pay gap is evidence the White House simply discriminates in "moderation" compared to the national average.

"Is there anybody who thinks that Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett and the other important people in this administration are deliberately discriminating against women in the White House? Of course not. In fact, when Jay Carney was asked about this he gave the remarkable answer of 'well, that's better than the others are doing. As if he is saying 'well this White House discriminates against women but we discriminate in moderation.' The correct answer is that these are not the results of deliberate discrimination by any means," he said.

The FNC contributor listed a variety of variables such as the stronger likelihood of women taking time off to raise children and forgoing income as possible explanations for the gender pay gap.

Moreover, Krauthammer blasted the President Obama's hypocritical use of the national gender pay gap which is evident in his own White House to criticize "deliberate discrimination" elsewhere.

The Fox News panelist concluded by criticizing President Obama's executive order for putting the burden of proof on employers should employees find a disparate impact in gender compensation. "It's not the American way," he said.

Panlist George Will concurred, but added "it's the American way if your political party is heavily dependent on the contributions of trial lawyers. That's what this is a gift to."

As for Obama's reckless use of the 77 cent statistic, Will said President Obama is acting as an "intellectual incompetent the way he's handling as propaganda social science."