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Rand Paul: One of the questions that should not only be asked of the Senator but should be asked of the President: Why doesn't the…

On the recordSeptember 24, 2013
One of the questions that should not only be asked of the Senator but should be asked of the President: Why doesn't the President voluntarily take ObamaCare? It is his baby, and if he loves it so much, why doesn't the President take it? He could voluntarily go on the exchanges. I am sure they would welcome him down at the DC exchanges. In fact, I think that ought to be a question they ought to ask him at the press briefing today: Mr. President, are you willing to take ObamaCare? If you don't want it, why are we stuck with it? So if the President can't take it, if Chief Justice Roberts doesn't want it--here is the thing. If we want to see a rebellion, we should ask Federal employees to take ObamaCare--that is what my amendment says--not just Congress. I am willing to take it. I don't want it. I absolutely don't want it, and I have been frank about it. I am not a hypocrite. I didn't vote for it, I think the whole thing is a mess, and I don't want it. But the thing is, if I have to take it, I think the President ought to get it. He ought to get a full dose of his own medicine. I think Justice Roberts should get it. I think he contorted and twisted and found new meaning in the Constitution that isn't there. So if he wants it so much, if he thinks it is justified, if he is going to take that intellectual leap to justify ObamaCare, he ought to get it. There are millions of Federal employees. They don't want it. Guess who they vote for usually? I think it is a partisan question.…
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Rand Paul
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Sep 24, 2013

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