Talking Points Memo points up a heated interview today by Thomas Roberts and the RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
Priebus spent much of his air time decrying Obamacare saying no one in America wanted or had signed up for the new insurance exchanges. Roberts followed up with a line of questions wondering why the government has to be shut down for the House GOP to deal with making any fixes they want to Obamacare.
"Why do we need to attach the solutions or changes that go along with the law that has been vetted by the Supreme Court, by a mandate by the people reelecting the president and both houses of Congress," Roberts asked. "Why should that be attached to to shutting down the government and as the president is saying basically writing a ransom note and asking for some type of goody bag in response for Congress doing its job to govern?"
"Those are some pretty good talking points," the RNC chair shot back. "Let me just rewind."
"They're not talking points," Roberts interjected, referring to a speech Obama gave in Maryland moments before the exchange. "That's directly from what the president just gave us."
"I think you should apply for a job in the Obama administration," Priebus said later, after several minutes of sparring with the MSNBC host.
"No, I'll come work for you guys and help you sort out what's going on because your message is befuddled," Roberts said.
Good for Thomas Roberts for pursuing the answers to his questions.You can watch the exchange below:
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