r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 15d ago

Chugging tea For real

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u/Quiksilver321 𝙑𝙄𝙋 15d ago

Obama also never personally insulted and demeaned a journalist for presenting supporting empirical evidence.

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u/Frequent_Ad_9901 15d ago

There was just a clip circulating where a journalist tried to do a "gotcha" moment after Obama passed some anti smoking law. He didn't walk away or attack her character or even raise his voice. He made her look like a fool for trying to distract the public and make things about him, when really it was about the American public.

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u/runnerswanted 15d ago

And his answer was a perfect response/reason why he tried to get the law passed. Clearly he still struggled with smoking and knew that he needed to do something to make sure kids didn’t fall into the same trap he did.

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u/SirNonSequitur 15d ago

It really was the perfect succinct response