Jan Brewer rips Obama for calling Republicans 'bigots and racists'
![Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) slammed President Obama and Hillary Clinton on CNN on Sunday for "calling [Republicans] names."](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CbkjJ83J5w84MPyvFJLsvF.jpg)
In a heated segment on CNN on Sunday, former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) slammed both President Obama and Hillary Clinton for constantly "calling names." "With President Obama and Hillary Clinton, every time you disagree with them, it doesn't matter which subject it is, you're a bigot or you're a racist," Brewer said, responding to Obama's remarks Friday that we "don't have time for charlatans," "bigotry," and "flim-flam."
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) was quick to point out that, actually, Obama wasn't saying that about all Republicans. "But he does say rightly that Donald Trump is a bigot, Donald Trump is a racist, Donald Trump is, in fact, making fascist appeals," the one-time Democratic presidential candidate said. "That's why many self-respecting Republicans are not supporting Donald Trump."
Brewer responded by saying she wasn't all that concerned when Trump said things she "wasn't comfortable with" because Trump, unlike Obama, is "new to the political arena." "But dang it," Brewer said, "I get fed up that we hear over and over and over and over again from the president of the United States that every time somebody wants to support the Constitution and the rule of law that we are out there because we are racist and bigots."
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