[Timocrat]

the White House points out to us that such scenarios are impossible, since Michelle, Sasha, and Malia Obama were in New York City that night.

Parse this carefully. There is no outright denial that Obama said such a thing, just the WH pointing out the abscence of his wife and kids. Remember how carefully Clinton parsed denials, same thing here.

[COUNTrecount]

Right.

He stormed out.

That’s the scenario.