AUDIO: Obama Pitches Tax Cut Extension To Partisan New Hampshire Crowd

Speaking to a packed gymnasium in Manchester, New Hampshire, President Barack Obama touted his $450 billion dollar American Jobs Act.

In the speech to a largely partisan crowd, Obama chastised Republicans for stopping the bill the first time it went to the Senate saying that the proposed legislation includes a middle class tax cut and extends the payroll tax cut that is already in place.

Obama was his most combative in the Manchester speech when he said that Republicans would break their ‘No-tax increase’ pledge if they failed to renew the payroll tax cut he put in place.

“I know Republicans like to talk about how they’re the party of tax cuts. A lot of them have sworn an oath that ‘We’re never going to raise taxes on anybody as long as we live,’” Obama shouted.

“The question they’ll have to answer when they get back from Thanksgiving is this; ‘Are they willing to break their oath to never raise taxes, and raise taxes on the middle class just to play politics,’” Obama said.

Obama said the issue isn’t about who wins or loses in Washington, although the president said on no fewer than seven occasions in the speech that the Republicans are responsible for the failure of Congress to enact any new economic stimulus legislation.

However, not everyone in the crowd accepted the president’s explanation for the failure of the Congress to act.

A crowd member who only identified himself as Daniel said he was surprised the president didn’t say anything about the failure of the Supercommittee to reach an agreement.

“He wanted to talk about Congress stalling and dragging their feet, it seems like he didn’t take one of the opportunities he had,” Daniel told TRNS.

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