Eleven-year-old Julia Hall asked: "How do kids know what is true, and why do people want a new system that can -- that help more of us?''
The question opened the door for the president to respond to what he called an "underlying fear'' among the public "that people somehow won't get the care they need.''
The girl later told the Globe that picking the president's brain was "incredible."
"It was like a once in a lifetime experience," she said.
Julia's mother was an early Obama supporter in Massachusetts during the presidential election, so she had previously met First Lady Michelle Obama, the Obama daughters Sasha and Malia, and Vice President Joe Biden.
AR15 tracks the donations of the mother to Barack Obama.
" />August 11, 2009Mother Of Girl Who Asked Question At Town Hall Is Big Obama Donor
Boston Globe reports: A girl from Malden asked President Obama a question at Tuesday's town hall meeting in New Hampshire about the signs outside "saying mean things" about his health care proposal.
Eleven-year-old Julia Hall asked: "How do kids know what is true, and why do people want a new system that can -- that help more of us?''
The question opened the door for the president to respond to what he called an "underlying fear'' among the public "that people somehow won't get the care they need.''
The girl later told the Globe that picking the president's brain was "incredible."
"It was like a once in a lifetime experience," she said.
Julia's mother was an early Obama supporter in Massachusetts during the presidential election, so she had previously met First Lady Michelle Obama, the Obama daughters Sasha and Malia, and Vice President Joe Biden.
AR15 tracks the donations of the mother to Barack Obama.
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