‘Brexit’ Backers Furious Over Report of Obama Intervention
- Johnson and Grayling urge president to stay silent over EU
- Obama due to visit Britain in April, Independent reports
President Barack Obama greets an attendee at the Chief of Missions conference at the State Department in Washington on March 14, 2016.
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Campaigners who back getting Britain out of the European Union told Barack Obama to mind his own business after a report he planned to urge the country to stay within the bloc.
The Independent on Sunday reported that Obama will visit the U.K. in April, citing unnamed U.K. officials. It said he planned a “big, public reach-out,” citing Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, a frequent critic of Obama. With both sides in the EU referendum campaign trying to recruit big, trusted names to their side, there’s none bigger than the U.S. president.