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:
1. These comments from Jon Gruber are so bizarre and fascinating: http://t.co/I5m87cWLZT
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 25, 2014
2. I interviewed him dozens of times in this period and never heard anything like this.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 25, 2014
3. The same is true for literally everyone else I interviewed. I never heard a single person say subsidies don’t work in federal exchanges
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 25, 2014
4. Every health writer/wonk everywhere would have freaked out if that’s how they thought the law worked. But none did.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 25, 2014
Awwwwww.
https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnhart/status/492674661679775744
Ezra Klein and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. #Gruber
— Brad Cundiff (@bradcundiff) July 25, 2014
Ezra Klein's J-School professors must be so proud.
What's that? …oh.
— Charly J. (@chuck_dizzle) July 25, 2014
"I interviewed Gruber dozens of times and he not once ever answered a question I never asked him.. I don't get it!" @ezraklein
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 25, 2014
.@ezraklein So, basically, you're saying that you live in a self-imposed enclosed bubble of ignorance and epistemic closure.
— Moe Lane (@moelane) July 25, 2014
You doing ok under your desk there @ezraklein? Can I get you anything? Warm milk? Ovaltine?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnhart/status/492673261701189632
Bezos reading through @ezraklein’s TL this morning. pic.twitter.com/yjjUvZVm3d
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) July 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnhart/status/492675693306601473
So @ezraklein is saying that since he never heard anyone say subsidies wouldn't work on state exchanges then Halbig is wrong? Ooooook.
— Heather (@hboulware) July 25, 2014
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
(Whispers ever so gently in @ezraklein's ear) You sit on a throne of lies.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 25, 2014
So according to Ezra Klein, the architect and main advocate behind Obamacare never told him the drawbacks…
— Ben Smith™ (@bmcsmith92) July 25, 2014
.@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
If only there was a place @ezraklein could go to have this all explained for him..
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 25, 2014
Ezra Klein this morning. pic.twitter.com/PuFojH5N0k
— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) July 25, 2014
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:
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 25, 2014
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.’
Twitchy coverage of Ezra Klein
