Tea Party Rep: Obama will ‘negotiate with terrorists” but not the GOP

by Austin Petersen

Representative Joe Barton (R-TX) appeared on MSNBC to discuss the epic battle that is raging over the government shutdown. Barton was asked who exactly was calling the shots on Capitol Hill. Is it Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) or Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)?

Barton claims that Cruz isn’t the one calling the shots, it’s President Barack Obama, who has refused to negotiate with Republicans over how to fund the government. White House advisor Dan Pfeiffer stated that Obama is not going to negotiate “with people with a bomb strapped to their chest.”

READ: Economist explains why the government shutdown is Obama’s fault. 

“He’ll negotiate with terrorists overseas, but he won’t negotiate with Speaker Boehner,” says Barton in this heated interview.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.