'Awkward': White House press gets sent to its room while Obama fundraises

President Obama didn’t want any press around while he was hitting up the one-percenters for big bucks, so he sent them to their room.

No word on whether they got supper beforehand.

.@whpresscorps pool is holding in a bedroom while Obama does fundraiser. It's a little awkward pic.twitter.com/aqetAWZ4SW

— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) May 19, 2014

@joshledermanAP @whpresscorps pillow fight!

— Beth DeFalco (@BethDeFalco) May 19, 2014

Careful, you might get a “time out” on top of everything.

A picture says a thousand words.

#embedded MT @joshledermanAP @whpresscorps pool is holding in a bedroom while Obama does fundraiser. a little awkward pic.twitter.com/ACJTLw5mt3

— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) May 19, 2014

https://twitter.com/MenaH18/status/468526678843465728

https://twitter.com/gogman/status/468528651638939648

https://twitter.com/SarcasticBull/status/468527210660261888

https://twitter.com/llerer/status/468535791929810945

https://twitter.com/n8sebaka/status/468529167529938944

Heh.