Obama was heated in a push-back on Monday with a Tea Party activist, who demanded to know the end of a public meeting by Vice President Joe Biden called the tea party members 'terrorists' in the debt ceiling debate on Capitol Hill.
In public, Obama did not directly answer the question of Iowa Tea Party activist Ryan Rhodes on Biden. However, Obama said he knows better than anyone what is being criticized for his political views and was not willing to accept a conference on the subject.
"Now, in justice, since I was called a socialist who was not born in this country, the destruction of America and took their liberties, because he had a bill of health, which am to lower the rhetoric," said Obama.
Obama said he would discuss the matter with Rhodes, founder of the Iowa Tea Party, after the event. And the duo was spotted in animated conversation a few moments later.
In an interview later with Fox News, said the president of Rhodes insisted that Biden had made the original comment.
"He denied. He said the vice president did not make any of these allegations," said Rhodes. "If he will not even admit what was on national television - everywhere - so how can you have a conversation?"
Rhodes added that Barack Obama away. "Then he said:" We can not have a conversation because you say I call you a terrorist ". Recalls Rhodes" The fact is, it shows the deep trench is ready to negotiate without having to go after others. The whole day was about to go for Republicans and talking about how they are unfair. "
The private conversation between Obama and Rhodes was partly taken by a television camera, but the sound was difficult to escape. Obama generally seemed to say the incident with Mr. Biden was misguided and that if Rhodes wanted to insist that the word "terrorist" was used so that they were never to see eye to eye.
The incident comes after a private meeting attended Biden, at the height of the debate debt ceiling, with House Democrats who were angry that the Republicans do not meet the president halfway. One member, Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., Went on to say that the Republican members of the Tea Party had acted as "terrorists" during the debate.
Some Democrats familiar with the meeting, said at the time of Biden seem to agree with the sentiment expressed by Doyle and others as a way to move the conversation along, convincing Democrats to support the final compromise. However, Biden refused to CBS News that he used the word "terrorist" at the meeting as part of the Tea Party.
Here in Iowa, some in the crowd seemed to be dissatisfied with Rhodes. A woman was heard saying to him: "It 'was very rude" to the President.
Another woman who does not want to be identified by name said she believed that the exchange was "more aggressive top."
But Rhodes is not reversed. "I've said my piece," he said
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