Obama Back in New York To Hobnob With Jay-Z; GOP Pissy (Redux)
Categories: Make It Stop, Election 2012
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The "fundraiser in chief" will be in Manhattan tonight, where he will party with Jay-Z and Beyoncé at a $40,000-a-person fundraiser at the rappers 40/40 Club.
New York Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox is using the occasion to slam the president over the current unemployment numbers, and note that "Obama snubs [Benjammin] Netanyahu" to party with Jay-Z instead.
"Against this backdrop, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu asked Barack Obama for
a meeting," Cox says. "Obama turned down the request from the leader of America's closes ally in the Middle East. Instead, the President of the United States will be hobnobbing with Jay-Z and Beyonce at a $40,000-per-person, 100-person fundraiser at the swank 40/40 Club - that's a cash haul of $4 million for the President."
See Cox's entire statement below:
"Once again, we're happy to welcome President Obama back to New York State, where our unemployment rate (9.1%) is a full point above the national average.
America and the world are in crisis: unemployment is still high, our national debt has topped $16 trillion, our embassies are burning and Iran is closer than ever to becoming a nuclear nation.
Against this backdrop, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu asked Barack Obama for a meeting.
Obama turned down the request from the leader of America's closes ally in the Middle
East.
Instead, the President of the United States will be hobnobbing with Jay-Z and Beyonce
at a $40,000-per-person, 100-person fundraiser at the swank 40/40 Club - that's
a cash haul of $4 million for the President.
Put another way, Obama will leave New York with $4.68 for every one of our state's
unemployed workers.
America needs a President more interested in the status of our allies abroad and
our unemployed at home than in partying with celebrities: America needs Mitt Romney
in the White House."
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