The Republicans are indeed in the wrong here.
It was a simple misstatement - calling for the children to apply themselves as they could to "help your president", which after all, is essentially the same deal as "ask what you can do for your country".
Obama tried to pull a JFK, worded it slightly wrong (simple mistake, I might not agree with his politics but ffs give him a pass here), and the Republicans, seeing the opportunity, jumped on it.
Partisan politics, nothing particularly new or interesting really.
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