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Louie Gohmert: A lot of my Republican friends have been upset with the comments of Jonathan Gruber, where he was quoted accurately as…

On the recordDecember 10, 2014
A lot of my Republican friends have been upset with the comments of Jonathan Gruber, where he was quoted accurately as saying about ObamaCare: ``A lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever.'' He also said that they--President Obama and the Democrats--proposed it and it ``passed because the American people are too stupid to understand the difference.'' Now, I would say to my Republican colleagues: chill out. Don't worry. Not a single Republican voted for that bill. Not a single Republican in the Senate voted for that bill. He wasn't talking about Republicans. He wasn't talking about the Democrats, Independents, or Republicans who voted for Republicans to come to the House or the Senate. He was talking about the people he was paid millions by to work on ObamaCare. That is right--he called the Democrats stupid. He wasn't talking about Republicans. He knew we were smarter than that. ____________________
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Dec 10, 2014

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