Williams to Boehner: ‘Where Are You Getting the Notion’ Americans Want ObamaCare Repealed?; Blames Him for Birther Outburst
In an “exclusive” interview with new House Speaker John Boehner for Thursday’s NBC Nightly News , Brian Williams told Boehner the promised vote to repeal ObamaCare has “been called a stunt,” pressed him to justify repealing it given many would not call it “the best health care delivery system in the world because they, by the millions, weren't getting it” and demanded to know “where are you getting the notion…the American people want it repealed” given polling was “very evenly split on that?” Then he held Boehner responsible for a “birther” woman in the gallery who shouted out “except Obama” as a Congressman on the floor was reading aloud the part of the Constitution requiring the President to be a “natural born citizen”: I'm curious as to how much responsibility you feel — specifically, because of something that happened this morning. During the reading of the Constitution, Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey was reading a portion of the document interrupted by someone who heckled from within the chamber. It was to express doubt over the President's American citizenship. read more
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Williams to Boehner: ‘Where Are You Getting the Notion’ Americans Want ObamaCare Repealed?; Blames Him for Birther Outburst
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