As President Barack Obama hit out at Republicans who have criticized his economic policies, he singled out Republican Senator Rand Paul - who previously said income inequality has worsened under Obama's administration. During the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting today, Obama remarked on Paul's 2013 comment that the Republican party needs to show up on the South Side of Chicago and shout: 'We are the party of jobs and opportunity'. The president said, while smiling, it is 'encouraging' that the 2016 presidential hopeful wants to go to his hometown and that Paul would be welcomed there, adding 'we are a friendly bunch'.
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During Democratic National Committee's winter meeting, president targeted Republicans who are 're-branding themselves as party of middle class'
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Rand Paul, a Kentucky senator, said in 2013 that a Republican party was needed to go to South Side of Chicago and shout 'we are party of jobs'
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Obama said it is encouraging Paul wants to go to his hometown and that he would be 'welcomed there'
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President argued that best way for Republicans to prove commitment to middle class was by supporting his call for a higher minimum wage
'I just want everybody to remember that at every step as we made these policies, made this progress, we were told by our good friends the @placeholder that our actions would crush jobs, explode deficits and destroy the country,' he said.