Daily Caller White House reporter Neil Munro, who Friday interrupted President Obama during remarks on deportation policy in the Rose Garden, was himself deported out of the country early Saturday.
A White House official acknowledged late this morning that Munro had been deported to the wrong country.
“We heard what sounded like a Scottish accent, so we deported him to Scotland,” the official said. Munro, however, is from Ireland. ”We regret the error,” the official said.
The official said ferry service is being arranged to take Munro and his family to Ireland.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the timing of Munro’s deportation was a complete coincidence. “Munro’s deportation has been planned for months,” Carney said, adding, “Yeah, that’s the ticket.”
Carney claimed Munro had attempted to disguise his true identity by dropping the letter “e” from the end of his name.
“It’s pretty obvious his name is Munroe,” Carney said. “Basically, the guy’s been hiding out behind an ‘e’.”
But it’s clear Munro’s questioning of Obama rankled the White House which, though Munro says he thought the president was finished speaking, is treating the matter as a heckling incident and a serious breach of protocol.
In an Oval Office interview with the Unassociated Press, Obama defended both his new policy and the decision to deport Munro.
“Sure, I’ve made an end run around Congress and created my own law,” Obama said in reference to the new policy, under which the administration will no longer deport illegal aliens who arrived in the United States as children.
“But breaches of the Constitution are common, everyday events. Breaches of White House protocol are a serious matter,” Obama said as he removed his feet from The Resolute, the historic White House desk dating back to Rutherford B. Hayes.
“This guy disrespected the presidency in the Rose Garden, right outside the Oval Office, where presidents have signed landmark legislation, held historic meetings, and received oral sex,” Obama added.
Munro, who was traveling in the Irish Sea, could not be reached for comment.
A White House spokesman said funding for the ferry trip had been taken by the administration from money appropriated by Congress for Afghan reconstruction.
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It’s only improper to interrupt the Imperial One in 50 of the 57 states. Had Monru questioned Obama in the lower 7 this would be no big deal.
He’s gone? drat it. My peeps and I have been circulating a petition to nominate him for a “Medal of Valor” award for his courageous attempt to bring the WhiteHouse press corpse back to life.
Maybe PresidentRomney can give him a special visa to visit the US like the one FidelCastro’s child received in return for her endorsement of MrObama’s re-election.
Well darn there goes the Nobel, Medal of Valor and and a really big
Statue that we could place in the Oval Office! And he thought Winston
was bad. All hail Munro champaign of the people:)!
Hey — he could come back as an illegal, squat in an empty house, change the locks, mow the yard, and receive free EVERYTHING with no worries about deportation ever again !!
Yeah, that’s right. This could be the making of Munro and his family — no more learning proper English, working every day, and he could plop down anchor babies and get a whole crew of kids’ checkos coming in every month!
So the emperor is finishing up his sound bites about why it’s important to coddle people who break our laws and come here illegally, then some guy from the UK has the audacity to ask about his backdoor amnesty program (targeted toward hispanics from Mexico and central America) and gets deported in a couple of days! How’s that for a double standard? Well good ole empty suit Barry is full of them. Are Obama’s relatives still here?
Good parody because it’s almost believable.
Do you know that selfish Obama has 200 Chicago policeman guarding the wedding venue at the Jarrett wedding he’s attending when there have been record homicides during the weekends, 58 last weekend? The weather in the 90s increases crime. Those cops were needed elsewhere. Obama doesn’t care about inner-city blacks.
He cares about himself and votes.
Every person shot in Chicago is 5 votes lost for the Oblamer.
No, actually 5 votes gained
Meanwhile, Obama and family have been deported to Chicago to attend the wedding of the daughter of Valerie Jarrett. 100 – 200 of the Chicago Police department, who are overworked and busier than ever because of a high wave of murders and crime in Chicago, have been ordered to assist with security and traffic at a “high profile wedding” and they are not guaranteed over time pay. Go to secondcitycop.blogspot.com for the rest of the story.
GMTA
Neil is fortunate he wasn’t sent to the new Woodrow Wilson Reeducation Center outside Yuma, AZ. There he would have learned proper decorum and, when it WAS appropriate to ask a question, to always include the phrase “best President ever”. By the way, the official motto of the Woodrow Wilson Reeducation Center is “Better Living Through Electro-Shock”.
” Der Fuehrer” Barack will not put up with any insolence. He is aided by a COWardly Congress and media stooges. His don’t “don’t ask me no questions, I won’t have to tell you many lies I have stored in my super college educated brain.
If you ask me, they deported the wrong guy.
Your best snark ever, Keith. Something I find interesting about yesterday. Among all those American born reporters sweating in the heat of the sun in the rose garden while the arrogant teleprompter reader was 45 minutes or more late, who among them spoke out? An immigrant to America. My guess is Neil Munro has a greater appreciation for the freedom and liberty America’s republican form of government offers her citizens…greater than many who are natural born. Neil Munro did what many of us would like to do. We yell at our TV or computer screens every time we see this man rip another piece from our Constitution. Who was it among all those Americans who had the courage to speak for We the People? Neil Munro, a patriot to his adopted country.
And I thought I was the only one yelling at my poor computer!
You’re definitely not. I’m keeping NewEgg afloat because of all the replacement parts I have to buy.
And…thank goodness for Munro. At least he yelled the question(s) I was screaming at the screen, too. He saved me a small fortune in replacing my laptop completely, as it would have hit the wall.
Beautiful, Mr. Koffler, beautiful!
Good riddance. I think we need to start holding the media accountable for their dis-respectful behavior. The press is not above the law.
You must have hated it when reporters shouted at Reagan:
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/06/16/associated-press-flashback-why-do-grown-men-and-women-shout-at-president-reagan/?tw_p=twt
The press is not above the law.
Just what law did Neil Munro break, Annie? Is it one of those newfangled thingamajig or whatchamacallit executive orders your lord and master signed into law? Hear ye hear ye! By order of King Putt, no reporter dare interrupt the teleprompter reader when he’s delivering his decrees. Punishment for this grave offense will be banishment to an occupooper camp for re-education.
Keith, do NOT give them any ideas!
what about all the many times Sam Donaldson interrupted Ronald Reagan and challenged him?
We can fully expect them to announce ” it is with great regret we announce that the ship was lost at sea”. Any day now.
Masterful snark, Keith.
I thought it was all true haha.
Another historical accomplishment for King Putt Putt today…
@markknoller
“Pres. Obama using Father’s Day for a round of golf here in Chicago. By my count, it’s his 100th round of golf as president.”
This is a horrible shame that this had to happen, but rest assured, Mr. Munro and we who support him have found a loophole that will allow Mr. Munro back into the country, with a work visa without any hassle. We are teaching him spanish, and doing some plastic surgery, so that ye looks like a young hispanic man. We will then have some coyote’s paid to bring him back into the country, where Obama has already instructed ICE agents to not only catch illegal aliens as they sneak into the country, but to release them after providing them with a work visa. Then, Mr. Munro can return to his job and Obama will be unable to do anything about it then because he will be legal then. See, be careful what you wish for Obama, or you might just get it.
This story on Neil Monro regarding Obama has to be silliest that i have ever heard. He was deported to the wrong country. Who was in charge of Immigration when this could happen. He was sent to Scotland instead of Ireland. It is no wonder people in this administation cannot get their stories right.
Why didn’t they deport Obama’s aunt?