(USA Today) – It takes a lot of gall to interrupt the president of the United States.
But this kid decided Obama needed to speed up what he was saying about reading and writing Thursday at an event in Washington, D.C., at the Anacostia Neighborhood Library.
Student moderator Osman Yahya decided to cut him off right when he was talking about writing a first draft.
“I think you’ve sort of covered everything about that question,” Yahya said.
“OK, Osman thinks I’ve been talking too long,” Obama responded.
The boy laughed, saying, “No, no,” before Obama countered with, “Let’s move it along.”
POLITICO:
“I didn’t mean to cut him off. I was just nudging him to get on,” he explained to Politico. He added:
“Adults might have been diplomatic,” he said, but he was trying to keep the interview moving so that it could wrap up before students’ lunchtime.
It was nothing personal. “He’s a really nice guy,” he said, but it was Yahya’s job to keep things moving and “Most students were hungry.”
Never, ever mess with a sixth grader’s lunchtime.
