#AskObama: President Obama Hosts Twitter Town Hall
President Obama hosts the first-ever White House Twitter Town Hall meeting.
FOX News Radio White House Correspondent Mike Majchrowitz reports from the West Wing…
Obama on tech vs manufacturing for recovery: not either/or, need tech for innovation, manufacturing to make the innovations…
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 6, 2011
The President even kicked off the event by tweeting a question himself…
in order to reduce the deficit,what costs would you cut and what investments would you keep – bo
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 6, 2011
As for the President’s response to the question from House Speaker John Boehner…
With 9.1% unemployment & “shovel ready” jobs a bust, will you admit the 'stimulus' was a mistake? http://bit.ly/oTK17f #askobama
— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) July 6, 2011
…Brendan Buck, spokesman for Speaker Boehner, released this statement:
“‘Where are the jobs?’ isn’t a ‘skewed question’ to the millions of Americans who lost jobs since President Obama’s failed ‘stimulus’ spending binge began. The President recently admitted that it failed to live up to the ‘shovel-ready’ promises, yet he’s still proposing even more Washington spending. That’s simply not the answer.”
