President Barack Obama diverged from his prepared remarks on Tuesday in Chattanooga, Tenn. to counter Republicans who insist that Obamacare is the reason for persistent unemployment.
“We can’t be getting into a whole bunch of fads and pretend like, you know, you roll back Obamacare and suddenly all these jobs are going to be created because the middle class was struggling before I came into office,” Obama said, drawing applause. “The middle class was losing ground before I came into office. Jobs were getting shipped overseas before obamacare was in place. So we got to be honest. We gotta be honest about the challenges we face, but also the opportunities that are out there.”
In the same speech, Obama challenged the GOP to put forth its own jobs plan.
