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White House taunts Republicans after Obamacare news

By  Sun-Times staff
   
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The Republicans have taken their fair share of shots at Obamacare, especially on Twitter. On Thursday, the White House’s Jesse Lee fired right back at the critics after the it was announced 6 million people had signed up.

The focus of Lee was tweets like these, making fun at the troubled rollout:

As it turns out, Lee is pretty good at math as well.

Via Talking Points Memo


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