After Texas teen Ahmed Mohamed was arrested and suspended last month for bringing a homemade “clock” to school that looked suspiciously like a bomb, President Obama invited him to the White House:
Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.
— President Obama (@POTUS44) September 16, 2015
In the past few days, Mohamed and his family were “overjoyed” to meet with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is “wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes in Darfur.”
Now suddenly the White House appears to be backpedaling big time:
Josh Earnest: Obama likely won’t meet with Ahmed Mohamed at White House Astronomy Night. He won’t be bringing the clock.
— Fred Lucas (@FredLucasWH) October 19, 2015
Josh Earnest says that Obama will NOT likely meet with Ahmed Mohamed during WH Astronomy event
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 19, 2015
Josh Earnest confirms that he’s not even sure Ahmed will bring his clock https://t.co/CcUoIeqfPU
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 19, 2015
It doesn’t sound like Mohamed was told that would be the case previously:
‘Clock Kid’ Ahmed certainly sounded like he was expecting to meet personally with the president this morning https://t.co/leVbJLke7X
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 19, 2015
Sure does:
“I really wanted to meet the president sometime in my life,” Ahmed told Yahoo News on Monday. “I just didn’t know it would be this early.”
Whether Obama does personally meet with Mohamed tonight (in public or private) remains to be seen.
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/656161150468419584
@charliespiering And the staffer that thought meeting fake clock boy was a good idea, does he still have a job?
— Lt. Colonel Lucky Peter (@spongeworthy2) October 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/656157634358333440
https://twitter.com/BruceNV/status/656159238847205376
Oh clock boy made a mistake hanging out with dictators! https://t.co/oXmuh6ay4V
— AmericanRedneck (@RedneckThink) October 19, 2015
Update:
Obama did briefly speak with Mohamed on the South Lawn at Astronomy Night:
On WH South Lawn @POTUS just chatted w/Ahmed Mohamed @IStandWithAhmed. @PressSec downplayed this possibility earlier today. #astronomynight
— Major Garrett (@MajorCBS) October 19, 2015
Ahmed Mohamed — "clock boy" — meeting @POTUS at White House Astronomy Night pic.twitter.com/94hgLe3sIU
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) October 20, 2015
Dream big, @IStandWithAhmed #STEM #ReachHigher pic.twitter.com/AP6rsWvY93
— meta (@metaquest) October 20, 2015
Ahmed Mohamed, aka "clock boy" was in the 3rd row at WH Astronomy Night but @POTUS did not mention him by name, per @robertarampton
— Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) October 20, 2015
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