--- title: Obama Celebrates 'National Cat Day' With Grumpy Cat description: The White House can't get enough grumpy cat canonical: https://time.com/4093803/white-house-obama-grumpy-cat/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-30T00:17:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:12:53.819Z article:section: Politics og:title: Obama Celebrates 'National Cat Day' With Grumpy Cat og:description: The White House can't get enough Grumpy Cat og:url: https://time.com/4093803/white-house-obama-grumpy-cat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama Celebrates 'National Cat Day' With Grumpy Cat twitter:description: The White House can't get enough Grumpy Cat twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # President Obama Celebrates 'National Cat Day' With Grumpy Cat by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 30, 2015 12:17 AM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 30, 2015 12:17 AM UTC The White House [tweeted](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/659870820223860737) an image in honor of “National Cat Day,” which was Thursday, that featured two familiar faces. Only one, however, was feline. > [](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/659870820223860737) The so-called Grumpy Cat reached viral meme status in around 2012, but he’s recently gained new attention from the Commander-in-Chief. White House political director David Simas used the meme to illustrate the Republican primary debate on Wednesday night. > [](https://twitter.com/Simas44/status/659551828300963841) And last week, President Obama referenced the furious ball of fur while mocking Republicans. “They are gloomy. They are like Grumpy Cat,”Obama said at the Democratic National Committee’s women’s leadership forum last week. Then (because of course he did) he made the face. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4093803/white-house-obama-grumpy-cat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4093803/white-house-obama-grumpy-cat/"},"headline":"President Obama Celebrates 'National Cat Day' With Grumpy Cat","datePublished":"2015-10-30T00:17:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:12:53.819Z","description":"The White House can't get enough Grumpy Cat","url":"https://time.com/4093803/white-house-obama-grumpy-cat/","keywords":["White House","viral","cats","Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4093803/white-house-obama-grumpy-cat/","name":"President Obama Celebrates 'National Cat Day' With Grumpy Cat"}}]}] ```