Obama: No ‘Equal Pay in the W.H.,’ ‘Michelle Would Point out’ She Gets Paid ‘Nothing’

BARACK OBAMA at a townhall event in Charlotte, N.C.: “We still need to get this Paycheck Fairness Act passed and it really is just a matter of convincing a number of Republicans to recognize that they’ve got daughters too. They’ve got spouses. And at the time when the majority of families have both spouses working or if you got a single parent that’s most likely to be single mom working, this isn’t economic issue, it’s a family issue. It’s not just women issue. Families are going to be better off. 

"But let me tell you. Now, Michelle wouldn’t point out, first ladies get paid nothing. So there is clearly not equal pay in the White House when it comes to her and me. But before we were in the White House, I wanted to make sure Michelle get paid as much as she could. I want a big check, big paycheck for Michelle. That wasn’t a women’s issue and she had a bigger paycheck and that made us able to pay the bills. 

"Why would I want my spouse or my daughter discriminated against, that doesn’t make any sense. So this should be a no brainer and hopefully we are just going to keep up pushing until the light bulb goes off above the heads of some of these Republican friends of mine.”