Newt Gingrich said Barack Obama's remarks on the death of Travyon Martin were 'disgraceful'. Photograph: Jason Minick/AP The White House has hit back at accusations that Barack Obama was playing politics with the death of Trayvon Martin. The 17-year-old was gunned down in Florida last month by a self-styled neighbourhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman. The unarmed teenager was buying candy at a convenience store. Obama said on Friday: "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon", and his parents were "right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves, and we're going to get to the bottom of what happened". The remarks were condemned as...
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