by sarah wheaton 11/06/16 04:37 pm est president barack obama wanted to personally set the record straight on sunday after donald trump falsely accused the president of yelling at a protester days earlier. <u+201c>the point is, he thought it was ok to just lie,<u+201d> obama said at a campaign rally for hillary clinton in kissimmee, florida. <u+201c>wasn<u+2019>t even trying to be sneaky about it. that says something about how unacceptable behavior has become normal.<u+201d> story continued below obama recalled his event two days earlier in north carolina, when he urged a crowd to go easy on a protester, apparently an elderly veteran, saying the man had earned their respect and had a right to free speech. later that night, however, trump told his own crowd that obama <u+201c>spent so much time screaming at a protester.<u+201d> media organizations quickly called trump out for, as one cnn headline put it, the <u+201c>wild misrepresentation,<u+201d> and politifact gave trump a <u+201c>pants on fire." but obama clearly wanted to set the record straight himself, saying trump <u+201c>just made it up.<u+201d> 2016 by gabriel debenedetti <u+201c>didn<u+2019>t just make it up,<u+201d> obama continued, <u+201c>but said the exact opposite of what happened, with impunity.<u+201d> obama took the contrast a step further after the event. he met with j.j. holmes, a 12-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who was removed from a trump rally in tampa on saturday. holmes was protesting trump for mocking people with disabilities, and the crowd starting pushing against his wheelchair, according to the boy<u+2019>s mother. it was obama<u+2019>s fourth campaign event in florida in just 10 days, so he was clearly looking for fresh fodder to go after trump. he seized on a nugget from a report in the new york times that the republican candidate<u+2019>s staff had to take control of the candidate<u+2019>s twitter account in the campaign<u+2019>s waning days. <u+201c>apparently his campaign has taken his twitter,<u+201d> obama told the crowd at osceola county stadium. <u+201c>in the last two days, they had so little confidence in his self control, they said we<u+2019>re just gonna take away your twitter. now, if somebody can<u+2019>t handle a twitter account, they can<u+2019>t handle the nuclear codes." by ben schreckinger another news item broke during obama<u+2019>s remarks: that the fbi won<u+2019>t be recommending charges against clinton or her aides based on the new trove of emails found on anthony weiner<u+2019>s computer. in that sense, this orlando swing was a closing of the circle, of sorts, for obama: news of comey<u+2019>s letter to congress about the new evidence emerged just before obama flew to orlando to stump for clinton on oct. 28. he hasn<u+2019>t brought up the emails at any of the rallies since then. obama was in the orlando area in part to help drive puerto rican turnout in a state that has already seen especially high early voting numbers among hispanics <u+2014> he made sure to remind the crowd about his nomination of justice sonia sotomayor, of puerto rican heritage. his message, boosting both clinton and rep. patrick murphy<u+2019>s bid against sen. marco rubio (r-fla.), is becoming increasingly familiar. he was in orlando just eight days ago, and over the past week, he<u+2019>s also campaigned in miami and jacksonville. during a rally in kissimmee, florida on sunday, president barack obama told the crowd that donald trump's campaign 'has taken his twitter.' 11/07/16 08:48 am est according to a count by cbs<u+2019> mark knoller, sunday marked obama<u+2019>s 14th rally for clinton. on monday, he<u+2019>s slated to head to michigan, new hampshire and pennsylvania. by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
obama calls out trump for lying about him - politico
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