Barack Obama's Fiscal Cliff Twitter Town Hall
President Barack Obama held a Twitter town hall Monday afternoon on the fiscal cliff negotiations. Mashable's Alex Fitzpatrick curated the event.
- The White House staff preparing for the Q&A:
- Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader, used Obama's hashtag to argue against tax increases and call for spending cuts:
- Obama began his chat at 2:05 p.m. ET.
- White House photographer Pete Souza shared this image of Obama taking Twitter questions:
@BarackObama #My2k As a recent college grad w/o a full time job, these cuts wouldn't help me, would they?- Mandi apparently got a kick out of Obama's response:
- @mstevesmithjr OH MY GOD THE PRESIDENT ANSWERED ME! And he likes the purple hair I had a few years ago. I AM SHAKING.
- Commentator Charlie Spiering pointed out the White House purchased the #My2k hashtag. When it was first used, it was quickly bought by conservative think tank Heritage Foundation.
Looks like the White House was smart enough to buy the #My2k hashtag this time twitter.com/whitehouse
Photo of Pres Obama's hands typing #My2k answers @ whitehouse: http://pic.twitter.com/DhsfAN1b
@whitehouse what is your opposition to taking away deductions for the 2% rather than up the rate? Seems like a reasonable compromise #My2K
.@huntertred not enough revenue, unless you end charitable deductions, etc. less revenue=more cuts in education etc wh.gov/5rTh -bo- @whitehouse thank you Mr. President. As a high school student thinking about his future, these issues mean a lot to me.
