Staff failed to warn Obama about elections
Speaking at his first press conference after the sweeping Republican midterm election victories, President Obama told reporters the first he heard that the elections were even taking place was when he was told Wednesday morning aboutÂ media coverage of the results. âLet me be clear,â Obama said. âI was not informed about these elections. But Iâm going to have the situation looked into by my staff.â Challenged by a reporter who said the president had clearly been involved in campaigning, Obama said he had been doing routine fundraising and hadnât known that the candidates were actually running for anything. White House press secretary Josh Earnest earlier told reporters, âWe heard about these results the same way you did, from media reports. Weâre looking into it, and if I have anything more for you, Iâll get back to you.â Â