Earlier today Jason Chaffetz had the audacity to suggest that instead of spending hundreds on a new iphone, that some people may need to forgo that and spend it on their health care:

HOW COULD CHAFFETZ DARE SAY SUCH A SENSIBLE AND REASONABLE THING???

I’ve been seeing headlines on this all morning, just shaking my head when I do. But then Charles Cook pointed something out that caught my attention:

Fun to watch people outraged at Chaffetz’s awful iPhone line who have no idea Obama said same thing. And vice-versa. https://t.co/A36n6p8QLW — Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 7, 2017







Just watch the video and if you’re impatient, skip ahead to the 30 second mark:

“if you looked at their cable bill, their telephone, their cell phone bill… it may turn out that, it’s just they haven’t prioritized health care.”

You heard it right there.

In fact the way Libre Initiative characterized Obama’s comments in the YouTube description was exactly like what Chaffetz was suggesting this morning: “He suggested that some families may be spending too much on cable television or cell phones, and not enough on health insurance.”

Same thing.

Meanwhile, Chaffetz clarifies his comments: