This Is Unreal': Outrage Over Obama's Description of Four Jewish Victims Murdered During Paris Kosher Deli Standoff

President Barack Obama downplayed the threat of terrorism in an interview with Vox published Monday, referring to the four Jewish victims murdered by radical Islamists during an hours-long standoff at a Kosher deli in Paris as “a bunch of folks” who were “randomly” shot.

“It is entirely legitimate for the American people to be deeply concerned when you’ve got a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris,” Obama said.

(Vox)

He continued: “We devote enormous resources to that, and it is right and appropriate for us to be vigilant and aggressive in trying to deal with that — the same way a big city mayor's got to cut the crime rate down if he wants that city to thrive. But we also have to attend to a lot of other issues, and we've got to make sure we're right-sizing our approach so that what we do isn't counterproductive. I would argue that our invasion of Iraq was counterproductive to the goal of keeping our country safe.”

Watch Obama’s comments below (relevant portion starts at around 1:50):

The reaction from people online was swift.

This is unreal, I guess the Nazis randomly put some "folks" into concentration camps as well. https://t.co/wyUouQXZnj

— Kelli Brown (@kellilb) February 9, 2015

This is odd https://t.co/mNqTWpB4th pic.twitter.com/2YDTDGqmlC

— JustinGreen∞ (@JGreenDC) February 9, 2015

“We tortured some folks.” “They randomly shot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris.” Hate it when Obama goes folksy.

— AOTUS (@The_Autopen) February 9, 2015

Obama Says Jews Massacred in Paris Kosher Market were "Randomly" Shot! Not Selected as Jews! https://t.co/p02nbWc6EC pic.twitter.com/Vw6QYw4gH5

— Hawkeye: JeSuisJuif (@inhuggermugger) February 9, 2015

smdh RT @neontaster: They randomly shot some folks. https://t.co/HyXJBOjZCP … pic.twitter.com/LfsDomeLLj

— Matthew (@Matthops82) February 9, 2015

(H/T: Twitchy)

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