Vice President JD Vance fired back at Barack Obama Thursday after the former president likened the current White House look to that of a Cheesecake Factory run by Saddam Hussein.
“I didn’t fully get it. I kind of like the Cheesecake Factory,” Vance said of Obama’s jab at a Texas town hall event hosted by Fox News’ Jesse Watters.
“I think it’s like a good example of how Obama, without even trying to be, just can’t help himself from being super elitist,” the vice president argued.
“Remember, this is the guy who said that people who wanted good jobs were ‘clinging to their guns and their religion,’ as if God and the Second Amendment were something to be ashamed of,” he added.
In attempting to mock President Trump, Vance said Obama “drove home how divorced the Democrats are from actual Americans.”
Obama unleashed the decor diss Saturday while stumping for Democrats in Ohio, as he accused Trump of spending more time sprucing up the White House than helping Americans.
“I mean, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but he seems very focused on home renovations,” Obama said. “He should be on HGTV.”
“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”
Watters noted that Obama seemingly backpedaled on his criticism during a rally in Atlanta on Wednesday, where he insisted as “the father of two daughters” the Cheesecake Factory was “my jam for about a decade.”
“See, that’s exactly the point, though … he realized, ‘Oh, a lot of the people we want to vote for us actually like the Cheesecake Factory,’” Vance explained.
The veep added that the establishment is “the weirdest restaurant to hate on.”
“The menu is like 75 pages long, so there’s something for everybody,” he joked.
“I just don’t understand. Like, there are restaurants I can imagine beating up on – not the Cheesecake Factory,” Vance said. “Leave us alone, Barack!”
Watters joked that the network’s next town hall will be held inside a Cheesecake Factory.
