Obama Sends OFA Email Attacking Republicans

Published September 27, 2013 12:48pm ET



 

The president of the United States sent an email today via his former campaign organization attacking Republicans in Congress for the showdown over Obamacare and the continued funding of the government.  Organizing for Action (OFA), formerly Obama for America, now bills itself as “a ‘social welfare’ organization within the meaning of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.”  The group has publicly stated that it is non-partisan, but the president writes that a “group of far-right Republicans in Congress is obsessed with making an ideological point”, and that “Republicans are not focused on what’s best for you.” The email is signed “Barack.”  The full text reads as follows:

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