Obama to Republicans: ‘Go Win an Election’
Photo Credit: APBy Dan Weil.
In an apparent attempt to rub Republicans’ noses in their defeat on the debt ceiling conflict, President Barack Obama said Thursday that they should “win an election” if they want to change his policies.
“To all my friends in Congress, understand that how business is done in this town has to change,” Obama said in a statement to reporters at the White House.
“You don’t like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. But don’t break it.”
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‘Win an election’ is Obama’s new catchphrase
By CNBC.
“Go out there and win an election” may be the one thing everyone remembers about the government shutdown of 2013.
That was President Barack Obama’s mantra on Thursday, hours after Congress passed a deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling.
Obama, widely seen as having won the fight with House Republicans, used an address to condemn Congress for the budget fight and to try and set priorities for the next year.
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