Rep. DeSantis Calls On Obamacare Architect to Return $400,000 Received for ‘Lying To The Public’

Monica Sanchez | November 13, 2014
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In light of recently discovered video showing Obamacare advocate and architect Jonathan Gruber trumpeting that a “lack of transparency” and “the stupidity of the American voter” were “critical” to passing the law in 2010, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has issued a statement calling on Gruber to return the $400,000 of taxpayer money that he received “lying to the public.”

"ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber's comments paint a disturbing picture of a man willing to concoct deception after deception in order to cram an unpopular health law through Congress. Gruber displays an appalling contempt for the American people, a contempt that is all the more troubling given that he was richly rewarded with $400,000 in taxpayer dollars for his so-called consulting services. To receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds in exchange for lying to the public is simply unacceptable.” 

DeSantis concludes,

“I call on Jonathan Gruber to return the $400,000 he has amassed as a result of his questionable conduct."

In the video, Gruber states:

“If it made explicit that healthy people would pay and sick people would get money, it would not have passed… Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage, and basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but that was really, really critical to getting the thing to pass.”

He adds, “Yeah there’s things I wish I could change, but I’d rather have this law than not.”

As Fox News host Megyn Kelly said, “They lied to our faces!” I think we can all agree that the truth speaks for itself. 

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