That didn't help. Gawker wrote "Collett attempted to defend his hypocrisy, but made it so much worse." Collett said he understands that people find his position unusual  "It's one that I haven't seen anybody else take," he said  and that even conservatives bristle at the notion of one of their own taking advantage of the programs they're trying to defund. But Collett, who attended junior high school in Sunset, Utah, said it's just the way he feels.