The President of the United States who said, "I feel your pain" was Bill Clinton. In a 1992 debate at some point Bill Clinton said, "I feel your pain" to a women after she asked ... about some economic policy. This is one version of the situation.

Also, there is a question about the phrase being used by Clinton after he was heckled by an AIDS activist (Bob Rafsky) who said: "We're not dying of AIDS as much as we are dying of 11 years of government neglect." Clinton at one point shouted, "I feel your pain" at this person, that's how the quote is best remembered as being used by almost all U.S. news media.

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