Blackburn doubts Obama’s skeet shooting claims

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By Cheryl K. Chumley

The Washington Times

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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Rep. Marsha Blackburn has some words of skepticism for President Obama's claim of frequent skeet shooting.

"If he's a skeet shooter, why have we not heard of this? Why have we not seen photos? Why hasn't he referenced this at any point in time?" The Tennessee Republican's questions, via CNN broadcast, followed a White House spokesman statement earlier this week that the president doesn't have photos of shooting at Camp David because, Jay Carney reportedly said, "he goes to spend time with his family and friends and relax, not to produce photographs."

Ms. Blackburn upped the ante of proof for Mr. Obama: "I think he should invite me to Camp David, and I'll go skeet shooting with him and I bet I'll beat him," she said, in a Newser report.

Mr. Obama's self-professed love of the shooting game came via a Sunday report in The New Republic, in which he addressed concerns that his gun control push would hurt hunters. In the report, and by way of reassuring hunters, Mr. Obama claimed that at Camp David, "we do skeet shooting all the time."

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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl Chumley is a continuous news writer for The Washington Times. Previously, she was part of the start-up team for The Washington Times’ digital aggregation product, Times247. She’s also a 2008-2009 Robert Novak journalism fellow with The Phillips Foundation. She can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.