REP. STEVE SCALISE: Because healthcare is very personal to me, because I would not be here today without the greatest health care system on the face of the planet. I'm surely not going to let them take that away from you.

You can watch the clip below if you’d like, but the reality is that Rep. Steve Scalise has the best healthcare taxpayer money buys these days. Saying Scalise is lying here does a disservice to people who are lying. And Rep. Steve Scalise is a very well-known liar. But Rep. Scalise is also a scumbag, and when you marry being a liar with being a world-class scumbag, you get the kind of bewildering gaslighting we see in this clip.

x .@SteveScalise tells CPAC, "I would not be here today without the greatest health care system on the face of the planet. I'm surely not going to let them take that away from you."



As a member of Congress, Scalise receives health care that is almost completely govt subsidized. pic.twitter.com/tlFsjOjbPO — Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 27, 2020

The responses to this clip came fast and understandably furiously:

x @SteveScalise donÃ¢ÂÂt you think everyone would love to have your health care plan?! How oblivious can you be?! pic.twitter.com/UIFVPSBT7S — Peggy (@mom4boca) February 27, 2020

x Yeah none of us have his healthcare. Fucking liar. — Take Back America (@Ritysayo) February 27, 2020

That’s very true.

x .@SteveScalise also wouldn't be there without the bravery of a black lesbian Capitol Police officer. His hypocrisy is unlimited. — Maximus Decimus Meridius (@MaximusPrevails) February 27, 2020

Also true.