President Obama said on Thursday that his previous day’s run-in with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on an airport tarmac near Phoenix has been “blown out of proportion.”
In an interview with ABC News, the president joked that he’s usually accused of being too calm, not “tense” like Brewer had accused him of being after their discussion.
“I think it’s always good publicity for a Republican if they’re in an argument with me. But this was really not a big deal,” Obama said. “She wanted to give me a letter, asking for a meeting. And I said, ‘We’d be happy to meet.’ Last time we met she wasn’t fully satisfied. But, you know, I think this is a classic example of things getting blown out of proportion.”
The network planned to air the interview during its 6:30 p.m. broadcast on Thursday.
