Oh yes they can.
As Twitchy reported, a video showing Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber admitting in 2012 that residents of states that don’t establish their own health insurance exchanges won’t receive Obamacare subsidies has been making the rounds and sticking in liberals’ already-crowded craws. But as we all know, it’s not really a party until Ezra Klein shows up. Fortunately for us, the King of the JuiceVoxers didn’t disappoint:
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/492670450703802368
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/492670533155438592
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/492670708305391616
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/492671189345505281
Awwwwww.
https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnhart/status/492674661679775744
Ezra Klein and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. #Gruber
— Pouncing Coder Brad (@bradcundiff) July 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/chuck_dizzle/status/492672488682180608
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/492675002315968513
.@ezraklein So, basically, you're saying that you live in a self-imposed enclosed bubble of ignorance and epistemic closure.
— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) July 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/492672664125706240
https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnhart/status/492673261701189632
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/492681725739167746
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Hey @ezraklein, when you're "on the team" you tend not to ask serious/critical questions. pic.twitter.com/EuGbpLQBPB
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) July 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/492676388965453825
So according to Ezra Klein, the architect and main advocate behind Obamacare never told him the drawbacks…
— Ben Smith (@BenSmithDC) July 25, 2014
Recommended
.@ezraklein or- alternative is the writers/wonks you converse with have zero clue what they're actually talking about- which is PREPOSTEROUS
— Nino (@baldingschemer) July 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/492675939424153600
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/492675969199923200
https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnhart/status/492678809120804866
https://twitter.com/MPeper/status/492679670467284992
https://twitter.com/coolhandschlute/status/492676258153508864
Enjoying @ezraklein's Rodney Dangerfield moment.
— Sarah (@mamaswati) July 25, 2014
So are we! We look forward to many, many more. You should, too:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/492673840103694336
Do it for America.
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Related:
Obamacare architect admits in 2012 that subsidies were limited to state-run exchanges
MSNBC host Chris Hayes: ‘Find me a legislator saying what Gruber said.’
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