Barack Obama actually said...

"If funding does not go through, our chances of the American Dream [are] down the drain."

"There's only one way out of this reckless and damaging shutdown: pass a budget that funds our Government with no partisan strings attached."

"If I were the owner of the team and I knew that there was a name of my team—that was offending a sizable group of people, I'd think about changing it."

"Pass a budget. End this Government shutdown. Pay our bills. Prevent an economic shutdown."