MSNBC to GOP: Won’t ObamaCare Criticism Backfire Once Website Is Fixed?

WELKER: "And Senator, obviously to all these points you're making, health care will continue to be a major issue that Republicans bring up, but does your party run the risk of having that messaging backfire ...?"
BARRASSO: "Well, the president has promised a couple things. First, he said that if you like what you have, you can keep it. They know that's not true. He said that the website would work easier than Amazon. That's not true. And he said that the cost, which is a key issue for people, he said would be cheaper than most people's cell phone bills, and people are getting hit with sticker shock ... And the whole issue of fraud related to this website, and security risks, people having identity theft, even today in hearings in the Finance Committee, the Secretary Sebelius, she said that convicted felons could be hired by the government as navigators, and we're going to have American citizens giving their name, address, Social Security number, financial information, to people who are convicted felons because they are permitted to be hired as navigators. This is a terrible mess."
WELKER: "Senator, just to push back on a couple of your points, 5 percent of people are going to have to potentially get new plans. The government says many of those folks will get subsidies, and we are hearing from people ... "
BARRASSO: "That's 15 million Americans."
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WELKER: "Right, but we are hearing from people who are saying they are thankful that they have health care coverage. So what does your message run the risk of backfiring ... ?"
BARRASSO: "We now have stories from every state of people who've had insurance that they like, people with cancer, people who've had care who are losing that care because of the health care law ... The president needs to quit doubling down on the dishonesty and come forth and tell the American people that he misled them. He intentionally misled the American people, and what he told them just wasn't true."