The president of the United States imitated a cat in public Friday, perhaps marking his most creative attempt at Republican-bashing yet.
"Why is it that Republican politicians are so down on America? Have you noticed that?" President Obama said, drawing laughter from the crowd at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum. "I mean, they are — they are gloomy. They're like Grumpy Cat."
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Watch the comedian-in-chief channel his inner Grumpy Cat below. Julie Kliegman
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