The White House defended itself Wednesday against allegations that President Barack Obama blocked conservative YouTube commentator and middle schooler CJ Pearson on Twitter.
Pearson, a 13-year-old who rose to YouTube stardom as a staunch critic of the president, reached over a million views with his most recent post attacking Obama for inviting Ahmed Mohamed -- the young Muslim boy recently arrested when a clock he brought to school was mistaken for a bomb -- to the White House.
On Wednesday, he posted a photo alleging the president had blocked him on Twitter.
Pearson's fanbase erupted with support. Later Wednesday, Assistant Press Secretary Frank Benenati took to Twitter to say no accounts have been blocked from the president's account, presumably in response to Pearson's earlier claim.
Amid the pope's visit and a potential government shutdown, the White House still had a staffer doing damage control should the teenagers of the Internet stir things up.
"Stop lying guys!" Pearson retorted on Twitter.
Pearson, whom Ted Cruz has named chairman of the national coalition "Teens for Ted!" found reassurance in seeing first lady Michelle Obama hadn't blocked him. Just two hours after he claimed the president blocked him, he tweeted:
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