Area man to President Obama: 'Don't touch my girlfriend'

Area man to President Obama: 'Don't touch my girlfriend'
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President Obama this week traveled to Chicago to cast an early ballot for the 2014 midterms, where he got some friendly brush-back from a local man named Mike Jones, who apparently thought his fiancée's voting booth was a tad too close to the president's. Here's their exchange, via Chicagoist:

"Mr. President, don't touch my girlfriend," Jones quipped as he walked by the two.

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