WATCH: Obama Politely Shares His Umbrella With Female Staffers

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When President Obama returned to the White House on Monday evening during a downpour, he shared his lone umbrella with two staff members as they exited Marine One.

After exiting Marine One with his umbrella, Obama waited for senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and deputy chief of staff Anita Decker Breckenridge to provide coverage as the three made their way back to the White House.

Watch the video below via ABC News:


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  1. Damn Communists, get your own umbrellas instead of feeding off the government umbrellas…

  2. Who reading this site is surprised? The President is a class act all the time.

    I am sure reaction at some of the right wing sites will be less than kind.

  3. This is why the right hates this President. He’s a normal, intelligent, thoughtful, classy person and all their attempts to paint him as some sort of radical fail. . . . . because he just isn’t . . . .and they hate him for it.

  4. OH MY GOD WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS, DISRESPECTING THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT LIKE THAT!

    /wingnut

  5. If he weren’t a sexist, he’d let them get soaked. Probably refers to them using their first names, too.

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