Oh, boy.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz was on CNN’s “New Day” Tuesday morning to talk about the new Republican health-care plan to replace Obamacare when he made the perfectly reasonable comment that Americans find the money to buy things like iPhones but not health insurance and that they need to take more personal responsibility with their finances:
This @jasoninthehouse quote from CNN on poor people having to decide if they want iPhone or health coverage already riling up many this am pic.twitter.com/ZUOo99PZNi
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) March 7, 2017
Watch:
Jason Chaffetz: "maybe rather than getting that new iPhone … maybe they should invest it in their own health care" https://t.co/PO6FbkRAmh
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 7, 2017
Libs, of course, saw this as an opening of some sort because health care should be free, or something:
Dear Democrats: @jasoninthehouse just handed you a big juicy attack-ad ready T-bone steak. Please try not to choke on it.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/839104420952563713
Hey @jasoninthehouse: please double down & say everybody buying a Nintendo Switch deserves to watch their kid die of a treatable illness.
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) March 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/839109264778080256
https://twitter.com/jesseberney/status/839109400010842117
my new iphone w/ contract cost me $200
caring for my diabetes, WITH insurance? don't even try to @ me, congressman. https://t.co/7iv096irMT
— Nick Andersen (@nicktheandersen) March 7, 2017
this does not strike me as the most effective argument one could make. https://t.co/rnmWVZS6mC
— Daniel Gross (@grossdm) March 7, 2017
Hopefully, GOP messaging gets a little bit better on this.
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