W.H.: Obama is 'president of all the people,' not the 47 percent

Source: Politico

W.H.: Obama is 'president of all the people,' not the 47 percent

Reacting to a video of Mitt Romney calling 47 percent of Americans dependent on the government, White House press secretary Jay Carney said that the presidency is about representing everyone in the country.

"When you're president of the United States, you're president of all the people," Carney said. "What unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us."

Carney would not see whether President Obama had seen the video — which has dominated the news cycle of the last day, but did say that Obama disagrees with the fundamental premise of Romney's statement.

"Setting aside what Gov. Romney thinks, I can tell you that the president certainly doesn't think that men and women on social security are irresponsible or victims. That students are responsible are victims. He certainly doesn't think that middle class families are paying too little in taxes," Carney said.

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