Former White House senior adviser David Plouffe took to Twitter to preemptively mock those who might believe the photograph of President Obama shooting a firearm is fake:
Attn skeet birthers. Make our day – let the photoshop conspiracies begin! http://t.co/fBCWx0dW
— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) February 2, 2013
White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer also added to the teasing from his official Twitter account:
For all the “skeeters”: POTUS shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David on Aug. 4, 2012. http://t.co/Eq3Z6k9R
— J. Goldman -Archived (@Goldman44) February 2, 2013
On Saturday morning, the White House released the photo of Obama shooting at clay pigeons at the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland.