But, he won’t say Islamic extremism.
That would be Islamophobic.
From Rep. Gwen Moore’s office:
Obama will invoke Charlie Hebdo victims tonight in his State of the Union Address tonight.
But he won’t say Islamic terrorism.
Democrats will hold up pencils in symbolism of support of the Charlie Hebdo reporters who were slaughtered.
Rep. Gwen Moore's office says Obama will invoke #CharlieHebdo victims in #SOTU and lawmakers will hold up yellow pencils.
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 20, 2015
For the record…
In September 2012 the Obama White House berated Charlie Hebdo for publishing the Mohammad cartoons.