GOP Rep. Finds Obama’s Morgan Freeman Joke ‘Outrageous’ After Charlotte

President Obama joked about Morgan Freeman today and for some reason a Republican member of Congress found this offensive.

As the president honored roughly two dozen performers and artists for their contributions, including Mel Brooks and Audra McDonald, he joked that Freeman is “off playing a black president again.”

Obama added, “He never lets me have my moment.”

President Obama jokes Morgan Freeman "who undoubtedly is off playing a black president again. He never lets me have my moment." pic.twitter.com/YF8QSIarj3

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 22, 2016

Well, leave it to politically correct liberals to get worked up over a joke. And by “politically correct liberals,” I mean a Republican member of Congress:

Obama jokes about race after two consecutive nights of hoodlums rioting in #Charlotte. Outrageous. https://t.co/QJgRyUP384

— Cong. Tim Huelskamp (@CongHuelskamp) September 22, 2016

Yes, Tim Huelskamp finds it “outrageous” that Obama would joke about Morgan Freeman playing black presidents the day after rioting in Charlotte.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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