Just when President Obama makes it seem that he’s not paying full attention to what’s going on in the lives of everyday Americans, he manages to find a way to reconnect, usually on the campaign trail.
It’s unclear if the president heard about Taco Bell’s free taco promotion when everyone else did — on the news — or if he was briefed by his aides, but in either case, he managed to elicit cheers from a Cleveland crowd Tuesday in advance of Game 6 of the World Series by piggybacking on the fast food chain’s promotion. Hey, he didn’t build that!
https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/793567856260677632
Obama: "I am aware because Francisco Lindor stole 2nd base, everyone in America gets a free taco at Taco Bell today"
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) November 1, 2016
See? He feels your hunger pangs. Rising insurance premiums might be keeping people from visiting the doctor as often as they might, but at least the president has given the go-ahead to hit the Taco Bell drive-thru on the way to early voting. Note, however, that Taco Bell is limiting customers to one free taco per person; Democrat voters might need some time to grasp that concept.
Video: Obama: If you can get a free taco, you can go vote https://t.co/vPpU2Tc7Gf pic.twitter.com/bI4sLnZIPY
— WTAE-TV Pittsburgh (@WTAE) November 1, 2016
Obama notes Lindor's stolen base in WS = free tacos, says "if you can find the time to get a free taco, you can find the time to go vote."
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) November 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/marinafang/status/793568323334184960
Please … no more political “combo meals.”
VIDEO: @POTUS Obama pleads for #folks to be dedicated to voting as mush as they are to getting a free taco #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/KyKGI6nrq5
— NJ (@9Joe9) November 1, 2016
Heck, tell Cousin Pookie to get off the couch and grab that free taco on the way to the polls. But while making that run for the border, don’t be fooled into running for that okey-doke … okey doke?
"This guy?" Obama asks incredulously of Trump. "Don't be bamboozled. Don't run for that okey-doke." https://t.co/J54RiABFFl pic.twitter.com/hzWF4pFK2V
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/coleandress/status/793582808950116352
People do like free stuff.
Lindor has done more for the country with that free taco steal than Obama has in 7 and a half years #LindorforPresident
— Brady Schlabach (@bradyrsch) October 26, 2016
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Update:
It looks as though while President Obama wants Americans to go grab that free taco, Taco Bell in turn wants Americans to sit through the president’s campaign rally.
Thanks, Obama. @POTUS https://t.co/5c2JnFcQtq
— Taco Bell (@tacobell) November 2, 2016
No thanks.
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