NBC’s Meet the Press Challenges GOP’s Portman To Defend Ben Carson’s ObamaCare/Slavery Comparison

NBC’s Gregory Challenges GOP Senator to Defend Obamacare/Slavery Comparison (Mediaite)

On Meet the Press Sunday morning, host David Gregory challenged Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) to defend the remarks of Ben Carson, a conservative speaker who recently called Obamacare “the worst thing to happen to this nation since slavery.”

Noting that Carlson took second place in the Values Voter Summit straw poll yesterday, Gregory asked, “Is that an overstatement that’s counterproductive?”