Here was the tweet

The Obamas know the challenge of student loan debt firsthand. Stand with @BarackObama to make college affordable: OFA.BO/FRbaWX

“We know the ‘challenge’ of student loan debt.” On an income of  $272,000 per year!

Man and woman of the people! Only not so much, as ABC’s Jonathan Karl reported earlier.

Here’s a rundown of the president’s income, according to his tax returns, in the years before he paid off his student loans:

2004: $207,647

2003: $238,327

2002: $259,394

2001: $272,759

2000: $240,505