Confronted with polling showing a large plurality against the White House’s impending executive amnesty, Illinois congressman Luis Gutierrez was unfazed — as with Obamacare, the problems will go away once President Obama “explains” his plan, he said.

The Democratic lawmaker spoke on Wednesday with MSNBC’s Ed Schultz, who pointed out that Americans disapprove of Obama’s unilateral amnesty plan by a ten-point margin.



“Well first of all, the American people have not been explained [sic] what kind of executive authority, and what the implications are for tens of millions of American families across the nation,” Gutierrez said. “I think once the president has an opportunity to explain it, those numbers are going to go up.”

The argument echoes those made ad nauseam by Obamacare supporters, who insisted for years that a concerted effort to explain the benefits of the law would turn around public opinion, which has been against the law since it was passed in 2010.

Obamacare is now even more unpopular than it was four years ago.