Following a meeting Monday between President Barack Obama and a group of governors, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal stood alongside several other state executives outside the White House and unleashed a string of criticisms against the president.
Jindal specifically took issue with the Obama’s proposal to increase minimum wage.
“I think there are things we can do instead of waving the white flag of surrender, instead of declaring this economy to be a minimum wage economy. I think our economy, I think America can do better,” Jindal said.
Immediately after Jindal’s remarks, Democratic Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy rushed to the microphone and declared Jindal’s comments “probably the most partisan statement that we had all weekend.”
“I don’t know what the heck was a reference to white flag when it comes to people making $404 a week. I mean, that is the most insane statement I ever heard, quite frankly,” Malloy said.
Jindal reclaimed the microphone after Malloy’s interjections, and proceeded to double down on his previous rhetoric.
“If that was the most partisan statement he heard all weekend, I want to make sure that he hears a more partisan statement which is I think we can also grow the economy more if we delayed more of these Obamacare mandates,” Jindal said.
“I think there are things we can do instead of waving the white flag of surrender, instead of declaring this economy to be a minimum wage economy. I think our economy, I think America can do better.”
National Governors Association Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, and NGA Vice Chair, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, at microphones, stand with members of the National Governors Association and speak to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, following a meeting with President Barack Obama. From left are: Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
