MSNBC Anchor Pushes GOP Rep.: ‘Do You Hate Obamacare More Than You Love Your Country?’ [View all]

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Things got a bit tense this morning between MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts and Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn. When the former accused the later of hating Obamacare more than she loves America, the interview descended into an interruption-fest, with both sides levying accusations at one another.

Focusing on the House GOP’s latest proposal to end the shutdown by delaying Obamacare’s medical device tax for two years, Roberts noted that President Obama has declared his healthcare legislation a “non-negotiable starting point.” With that in mind, the MSNBC host asked Blackburn, “Do you agree that no matter what something needs to come from the House that still has attachments for the ACA?”

The Tennessean congresswoman responded that it’s the GOP that has repeatedly passed a budget and attempted to get the president and the Senate to the negotiating table. “We are going to take the steps to bring together components of a bill that we will send over to the Senate and be hopeful that they are going to take it up,” she said.

Roberts then inserted this doozy of a question: “Let me ask you, when it comes to Obamacare, do you hate Obamacare more than you love your country?” As expected, that set off Blackburn: “I’ve got to tell you something. I think that comments like that, that you are making, are just incredibly inappropriate.” http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-anchor-pushes-gop-rep-do-you-hate-obamacare-more-than-you-love-your-country/