Obama On 'The View'
President Obama corrected Elisabeth Hasselbeck about his position on gay marriage on Tuesday's "The View."
Obama announced that he believes same-sex couples have the right to marry last Wednesday. Shortly afterwards, Hasselbeck, who has been a vocal supporter of gay marriage, raised criticism that he has "long held both positions" on the issue.
On Tuesday, the president appeared on the daytime show for his first
interview since the announcement. He spoke about how he arrived at his
support of same-sex marriage.
Hasselbeck wanted to know how he would approach the issue differently
now. She argued that he and Mitt Romney "actually agreed personally on
the definition of marriage" until last week. She wondered how Obama
would "move things forward any more than Mitt Romney in terms of leaving
it to the states. Because at this point, you both said leave it to the
states to decide."
"Elisabeth, that's actually not true," Obama responded. "OK," Hasselbeck replied.
Obama said that Romney wanted a "constitutional amendment," which "federalizes" a ban on gay marriage.
Later, Hasselbeck also brought up an old interview in which Obama
said he would be held "accountable" for the economy in 2012. "How do you
grade yourself honestly in terms how you've done in terms of economics?
she asked him.
Obama replied that his administration "still [has] work to do."
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