On CBS’s Face the Nation yesterday, the Washington Post‘s Dana Milbank upbraided the president for commenting on the name of the “Redskins” during a government shutdown. “I think it’s a fine point the president should not be making the middle of a crisis,” he said.

PBS’s Gwen Ifill pointed out to Milbank that the president had made the quick remarks in response to the last question in an interview.

“I call it the Washington football team,” she said. “I don’t use the name because I think it unnecessarily offensive, and what’s the point?”

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