5 Things Jonathan Gruber Said on Capitol Hill While Apologizing for ‘Stupid’ Cracks

Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber took the hot seat before congressional investigators today to address notorious comments he made about the intelligence of the American people. The economist offered up an apology, among other things, for “trying to conjecture about the political process.”

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Gruber testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the transparency of the Affordable Care Act alongside Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The House panel summoned Gruber, a health economics professor at Massachusetts Institutes of Technology, after several videos surfaced last month of him mocking his fellow Americans. In one video, Gruber tells his audience how Democrats in Congress passed Obamacare with a deliberate lack of transparency and calls voters “stupid.” More...

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