According to the Obama White House, quality time on Father’s Day equates to romping around the pool with water guns — a toy that has landed many students in the principal’s office and facing suspension.
The White House tweeted out a picture taken during the president’s daughter Sasha’s birthday party at Camp David in 2011. In the picture, Obama is seen running across the pool deck donning a water gun as he engages in some friendly fire with Sasha and party-goers.
But in a time where an elementary-school student gets suspended for merely mentioning the word gun, the picture instead stands as an image of hypocrisy, as the White House’s Twitter followers pointed out, The Blaze reported.
Hope all the dads out there have a great Father’s Day weekend: http://t.co/JFD34sfklp #QualityTime pic.twitter.com/2UvcSk1VYk
— The White House (@whitehouse) June 15, 2013
Oh, how militaristic! “@whitehouse: …have a great Father’s Day wknd: http://t.co/SuRyvFk9m3 #QualityTime pic.twitter.com/yIU0ges42b“
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) June 15, 2013
Irony? The White House tweeted this pic & it’s on their page of favorites. Yet many think toy guns are bad too? pic.twitter.com/FE1jLq3NvV
— Chris Stamos (@Chris_Stamos) June 16, 2013
Children from across the country have reportedly faced suspension for a host of issues involving firearms, from bringing a cap gun to school to nibbling Pop Tarts into the shape of a gun. And Vice President Joe Biden is preparing to relaunch the White House’s gun control efforts — delivering remarks on the issue Tuesday.
As many across the Twitter-sphere react to the Father’s Day photo, they’re telling the President, “you should be suspended from the White House.”
