White House defends Meryl Streep's anti-Trump Golden Globes speech

[kpete]

President Obama’s top spokesman on Monday defended actress Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes speech that criticized President-elect Donald Trump.

“She clearly was delivering a thoughtful, carefully considered message that she believes in deeply,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.

“It seemed to me to be fairly straightforward exercise of her First Amendment rights as a citizen of the United States," he added.

Earnest said he has not spoken to Obama about the speech but predicted the president wouldn’t publicly echo Streep’s criticism while he is still in office.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/313332-white-house-defends-meryl-streeps-anti-trump-speech

[Throck]

1. What's to defend?

Free speech is alive and well and she hit one out of the park with or without the White House.

[uponit7771]

2. +1