April Ryan Urban Radio Dissed by Robert Gibbs VIDEO
April Ryan, a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network got into a war of words with White House press secretary Robert Gibbs during a press briefing on Thursday.
The discussion centered on Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary. Ryan immediately got Gibbs’ goad by insinuating that Democrats and Republicans alike believe that Rogers overshadowed Michelle Obama at the State Dinner by acting like “the belle of the ball.”
Gibbs was clearly annoyed and did everything in his power to blow off Ryan’s continued line of questioning. At one point he said, “April, April, calm down. Just take a deep breath for one second. Now see? This happens with my son. He does the same thing.”
Ryan calmly responded, “Don’t play with me. I’m being serious. Do not blow it off.”
Gibbs replied, “I’m not…And I’m giving you a serious answer. Was she at the dinner? Yes. She’s the social secretary.”
Ryan came back with, “Social secretaries are not guests of the dinner.”
The final assault came when Gibbs offered, “She has the primary responsibility for running the dinner. I’m going to get back to weightier topics like 98,000 men and women in Afghanistan.”
The briefing has not yet been updated to the White House website. It should be interesting to see if the entire transcript is provided for public viewing.
We’ve only provided a few of the highlights. Check out the entire exchange on the video below and do let us know what you think. Was Gibbs out of line or did Ryan have it coming?
Filed under: Across the Nation, Politics
The title of this clip is appalling. I can’t believe you would seriously put something so ignorant and suggestive. To suggest Gibbs response was out of a lack of respect towards a black female. That shows no class and a total lack of integrity on your part. Are you so desperate for attention that you would make such a pathetic attempt at sensationalized journalism? April Ryan was belligerent from the start. Just maybe he was a little put off by the fact that someone would be so concerned with something so trivial as to waste the time and opportunity for real journalists to ask real questions. Questions with relevance to the world we live in. April Ryan needs a spot on E not at a White House press conference.
Ryan definitely had it coming…she was coming across like a pit bull….almost as if it was something person between her and rogers…April Ryan can kick rocks as far as I’m concerned…She puts me in the mind of one of those Clarence Thomas ni—s….
April Ryan was out of line! the press secretary Robert Gibbs answer her questions 4 or 5 time by saying no, no, no. April should have no right now and there!
This shows me that Gibbs didn’t know how to handle her and that she wasn’t willing to take no for an answer.