Dem Rep: No one's signing up for ObamaCare, because Republicans have convinced them it's been repealed

Since October, Democrats have been desperate to answer one burning question: "Why aren't people signing up for ObamaCare?"

Sure, the website was bad, but the numbers are just so dismal. Since it's impossible that people don't absolutely love this law, there has to be something else going on. Some mysterious factor is driving people away from the Affordable Care Act. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D., D.C.) has found the answer. To put it bluntly, people are stupid. That's what she's come up with. They're so dumb, that crafty Republicans have been able to convince them that the law no longer exists. It's not the sticker shock, it's not that they hate being told what to do; it's that they're a bunch of idiots who can't tell the difference between debate and the repeal of a law.

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Holmes appeared today on MSNBC where she announced the explanation.

"Every time the house couldn't think of anything else to do, it had a big debate on repealing ObamaCare. So there are millions of people out there who think it was repealed. So there was no way to break through that very easily. Then comes this debacle of a website, which seemed to confirm that it was repealed or that it should have been repealed."

Well, at least she gets something right. It should have been repealed. Fortunately, Eleanor Holmes Norton is sure that once your punishment kicks in, everybody is going to be desperate to climb on the ACA bandwagon.

“When that fine is going to kick in, you’re going to see people trotting to sign on like you’ve never seen it before.”

Isn't that delightful? She's figured out that if you just crack the whip a bit, you can force people to comply with virtually anything! Thank the lord that, as a DC delegate, she's not allowed to vote on anything meaningful.