The latest is from ABC'S Cokie Roberts.

In "This Week with George Stephanopoulos", Roberts spoke about Obama's visit to the islands, saying "I know his grandmother lives in Hawai'i, and I know Hawai'i is a state. But it has the look of him going off to some sort of foreign, exotic place."

Roberts went on to say, "He should be in Myrtle Beach if he's going to take a vacation at this time."

The comments, received a lot of backlash from Hawaii's representatives in Washington.

"She's a bit of a fool that's the only thing you can say," said Rep. Neil Abercrombie. " Don't forget Cokie Roberts and the whole Washington crowd live in a kind of an incestuous relationship to one another, they talk to one another, they see one another, they know nothing about ordinary people."

In a statement, Senator Daniel Akaka said calling Hawaii "foreign" does a disservice to the hardworking patriotic Americans who call Hawaii home.

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