President Obama acts on urge to fill America's #DiaperGap, hopes to start nationwide movement

Brett T. | 11:50 PM on May 10, 2016

As Twitchy reported, Lady Gaga recently observed Mother’s Day by noting that “this country needs a mother” and pleading with Hillary Clinton to “be our mama.” That day is still a ways off, so we’ll have to be content for now to live under the care of President Obama, whom Chris Rock informed us “is like the dad of our country.”

Dad does his best, but the presidency isn’t a reality show, as he recently learned when sitting down for an interview with YouTube celebrity Ingrid Nilson. It turns out the president was behind the curve on the onorous tampon tax. “I have no idea why states would tax these as luxury items,” he admitted, unaware that some states were already ensuring that public school students and prison inmates had access to free tampons.

Speaking of Mother’s Day, the president took the occasion to urge the country to help the White House fill the country’s #DiaperGap.

"No mother or father should have to worry about keeping their baby clean" —@POTUS on the #DiaperGap: https://t.co/8OKw5bPnaT

— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) May 8, 2016

#DYK nearly 1 in 3 families struggle to afford enough diapers? pic.twitter.com/DSp8rFDIbt

— mnhealth (@mnhealth) April 1, 2016

No movement is complete until it reaches Capitol Hill, and this week poverty experts will bring their expert testimony to D.C.

Hope you will join us. Poverty experts head to Capitol HIll to talk #DiaperGap #diaperbneed on 5/12/16. pic.twitter.com/PjnvVNB4d5

— Joanne Goldblum (@jgoldblum) May 9, 2016