CNN's King Calls Out Obama On Pay Gap Hypocrisy: 'He's Sticking His Hand In This Blender'

On the 8 April 2014 edition of New Day, CNN's John King called out President Obama and his administration for their "textbook case...of do as I say, not as I do" on the issue of equal pay for women. After playing a clip of Press Secretary Jay Carney playing up how the 88 cents on the dollar women in the White House apparently make compared to men is "better than the national average," King quipped, "I guess the coach would say, is that the best you got?"

The journalist also spotlighted two past studies involving the White House and congressional payroll at the time Mr. Obama was serving as a senator from Illinois:

JOHN KING: And this is not new...In 2011, there was a study that said women at the White House made 18 percent less than their male counterparts. When Barack Obama was in the United States Senate, there was a study that found – and this is across all congressional offices, not just his – but the man, on average, made $54,000 a year; the woman, on average, $45,000 a year. So, he, sort of, knows he's sticking his hand in this blender, doesn't he?