On MSNBC's "Morning Joe" today, senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett defended her politically charged rhetoric at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Dr. King's church, over the weekend where she said public jobs are in "jeopardy" because of the Republicans in Congress.
"Teachers, and firefighters, and policemen, whose jobs are now in jeopardy because congress, well let me be specific, because [of] the Republicans in congress," Jarrett said to applause and laughter from the congregation this weekend.
This morning, Jarrett said the "direct impact" of Republicans opposing the bill, specifically the way to pay for it, will be "layoffs" across the country.
"They wanted to protect the wealthiest and as a result, the direct impact is going to be across our country we're going to see layoffs of people who provide very vital resources -- services, to our communities," Jarrett told the "Morning Joe" panel. Transcript below.
JARRETT: I think it's very clear that the Republicans voted against the American Jobs Act each time when the whole act was before Congress, when each component part, practically all of them, the Republicans voted against it. So, yes, all across the country we have teachers and firefighters, first responders, whose jobs are at risk because we don't have that act in place.
And so it did a great deal of damage, and I think that the Republicans would agree that they voted against it. They didn't like the way we going to pay for it. Where we were going to have a modest tax increase on those who are the wealthiest and they oppose that. They wanted to protect the wealthiest and as a result, the direct impact is going to be across our country we're going to see layoffs of people who provide very vital resources -- services, to our communities.
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