No One Saw This Coming.

Steny Hoyer wants to appropriate more taxpayer money to fix ObamaCare, whose nonfunctional website cost nearly $300 million.

Asked Tuesday how Congress could help improve the system by which millions of Americans must buy insurance by the end of the year, the House minority whip and Maryland Democrat said, "We can give them a little money."

"[Republicans have] been pretty much focused in the House of Representatives on undermining the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in every which way that we possibly could," he said.

Hoyer admitted that he does not know whether the project, which has already cost more than $400 million, has faced funding problems. "I don't think that's the reason," he said. "If I know that, I'll blame it."

Note that like Obama he insinuates, without stating it forthrightly, that the Shutdown was responsible for the failure of the website.

If they don't say it, but only imply it, they can count on their media friends to ignore the clear lie.

Via @drewmtips, who's sure this whole article is just one massive typo.

posted by Ace at 05:45 PM

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