John Boehner uses Taylor Swift GIFs to attack President Obama’s education plan

House Speaker John Boehner’s team took a page out of the Buzzfeed playbook to shake off one of President Obama’s new plans.

Twelve GIFs featuring pop star Taylor Swift were posted to the Republican leader’s official website Friday, challenging Obama’s proposal to make the first two years of community college free for all Americans.

“Free?! Is he using magic money? Nothing is free. So we did a little math,” the blog post reads.

Boehner workers Caleb Smith and Mike Ricci, who put together the collection of GIFs, cited a Bloomberg report saying that Obama’s plan would cost $60 billion over 10 years.

“Not even all the Taylor Swift album sales in the world would cover that bill,” the duo write.

They argue that the president knows there is no blank space in the taxpayers’ checkbook and that it would be irresponsible to increase taxes on millions of Americans or dump more debt on the young people this proposal is intended to help.

Then they offer their solution.

“Wait, wouldn’t it be better if we just worked together to lower costs for folks across the board and improve our children’s education?”

To do so, Boehner’s team suggests five key points for resetting the nation’s economic foundation: reform the tax code, solve the spending problem, reform the legal system, reform the regulatory system and improve the education system.

Obama announced the new plan in a video recorded aboard Air Force One on his way from Detroit to Phoenix on Jan. 8.

He said everyone understands that education is the key to success for our kids in the 21st century and that everyone should be able to train themselves for improved jobs, wages and benefits.

“Put simply, what I’d like to do is see the first two years of community college free for everyone who’s willing to work for it.”

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