Sen. Orrin Hatch gave a feisty assessment of Obamacare supporters Thursday — an unexpected digression in the middle of an otherwise garden-variety speech on tax reform — calling them “the stupidest, dumbass people I’ve ever met.”
Speaking at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, the Utah Republican heralded the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in December, for eliminating the penalty for not having insurance under President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law.
“[Congress], finally, did away with the individual mandate tax that was established under that wonderful bill called Obamacare. Now, if you didn’t catch on, I was being very sarcastic,” Hatch said to laughs from the audience.