DNC Criticized for Tweeting ‘Happy Memorial Day’ with Obama Eating Ice Cream Photo

“The president's own party is accused of missing the point of Memorial Day by a glib greeting that has set the Twitterverse abuzz. Here's Friday's tweet from the Democratic National Committee. Happy Memorial Day weekend, everyone. Well, many felt the upbeat message and image of President Obama enjoying an ice cream cone ignores the sacrifice of the nation's military. CNN's Jake Tapper among them. He took the DNC to task. His tweet, ‘respectfully, this is not what Memorial Day weekend is about.’ After an avalanche of similar sentiments, the DNC finally got the message tweeting, ‘forever thankful for every American who made the ultimate sacrifice.’”