‘Stupidity’ consultant agrees to testify
By Sarah Ferris – 11/25/14 06:00 AM EST
Jonathan Gruber, the former ObamaCare adviser in hot water for his comments about the “stupidity of the American voter,” has agreed to testify at a House panel next month, setting up a healthcare showdown in what could be the final week of this Congress.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will also hear from Obama administration official Marilyn Tavenner, who is under fire this week for using inflated enrollment figures for the healthcare law.
“Both Mr. Gruber and Administrator Tavenner have agreed to testify,” committee spokeswoman Caitlin Carroll told The Hill.
Both figures have played a role in major political headaches for the Obama administration, which is facing new allegations of “repeated transparency failures and outright deceptions” from Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).Gruber, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be grilled for a number of speeches he has given since 2010 that blame the Obama administration for intentionally obscuring details of the healthcare law in order to assure its passage.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/225236-stupidity-consultant-agrees-to-testify
This is a mistake for the majority party in the House of Representatives.
Mr. Gruber will not show remorse for his remarks. He will use his every breath and syllable to steadfastly defend the law and the lawmakers will look like fools for trying to pry statements out of Mr. Gruber’s mouth he is not being paid $400,000.00 to utter.
I’m surprised this is being done. Enormous political mileage was gained from bashing the guy so far. If anything, he just might repair some of that damage with well-prepared responses to his questioning.
Or maybe he will come clean and destroy the Democrats…
Ok so let me get this straight ,this guy says all you Democrats who voted for Obama were stupid , and you Dems are still defending him ???