Celebs react to GOP Rep. who said the poor should stop buying iPhones so they can buy healthcare
In case you haven't heard, House Republicans have finally unveiled their plan to replace Obamacare! Unspoiler alert: it drastically cuts subsidies for lower income people and slashes Medicaid while allowing insurance companies to jack up premiums. So Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah, chair of the House Oversight Committee, the guy who refuses to investigate Trump's Russian links) went on CNN with his modern take on "let them eat cake!":
“Maybe rather than getting that new iPhone” Americans “should invest in their own healthcare” - Rep. Jason Chaffetz https://t.co/sxWaRohbEh pic.twitter.com/aEWYikdWiw
- CNN (@CNN) March 7, 2017
All around great human being Patton Oswalt went off!
Listen to this shit-lizard. This is the world the GOP wants for the working class. Beyond hateful. https://t.co/hGHGJDAHNA
- Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 7, 2017
Trump's spent more in a MONTH to play golf than Obama spent in a YEAR but yeah poor people need to decide between iPhones & dying.
- Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 7, 2017
Due to popular approval I'm bringing this tweet out of the cut. Legendary Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings has the answer: WWJD?
And the man besought Jesus that he come down and heal his son: for he was near death.
Then said Jesus unto him, Did your son have an iPhone
- Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) March 7, 2017
Author Roxane Gay did the math:
My broken ankle cost $117,000 so that's around 234 iPhones @jasoninthehouse.
- roxane gay (@rgay) March 7, 2017
Actress Sophia Bush reacts in Roxane's thread:
@Octopusgardner @rgay seems almost even, right @jasoninthehouse?
- Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) March 7, 2017
Conan's erudite sidekick Andy Richter also tries to appeal to the GOP's alleged Christianity:
Admittedly, I'm no theologian, @jasoninthehouse, but I did a search of Bible verses about the poor & I didn't see anything about iPhones pic.twitter.com/jdrOIjUsKb
- Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) March 7, 2017
Comedian and Silicon Valley actor Kumail Nanjian:
I remember one time I bought an iPhone & it crippled me financially for the rest of my life. Cc: @jasoninthehouse
- Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) March 7, 2017
Danny Zuker, writer/producer of Modern Family, also sees the parallels to Marie Antoinette's alleged quote:
"Let them use Land Lines!" https://t.co/dqb4PxTqQW
- Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) March 7, 2017
Chaffetz's iPhone comment shows what the GOP believes. The poor are irresponsible. The rich work harder. All policy flows from this lie.
- Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) March 7, 2017
Sarah Silverman:
This person thinks 2B struggling in this country is deciding bet. health care& an iPhone. My heart. Try medicine 4 ur baby or food 4ur baby https://t.co/cWyx5WW9oQ
- Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) March 7, 2017
Patton's Agents of Shield castmate Chloe Bennet has a similar nickname for Chaffetz:
What a fuckingggggggg shit canoe. https://t.co/9La2BM3wO0
- Chloe Bennet (@ChloeBennet4) March 7, 2017
Many sources: CNN, Oswalt 1, Oswalt 2, Gay, Bush, Jeopardy Champ, Richter, Kumail, Zuker 1, Zuker 2, Sarah, Chloe
“Maybe rather than getting that new iPhone” Americans “should invest in their own healthcare” - Rep. Jason Chaffetz https://t.co/sxWaRohbEh pic.twitter.com/aEWYikdWiw
- CNN (@CNN) March 7, 2017
All around great human being Patton Oswalt went off!
Listen to this shit-lizard. This is the world the GOP wants for the working class. Beyond hateful. https://t.co/hGHGJDAHNA
- Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 7, 2017
Trump's spent more in a MONTH to play golf than Obama spent in a YEAR but yeah poor people need to decide between iPhones & dying.
- Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 7, 2017
Due to popular approval I'm bringing this tweet out of the cut. Legendary Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings has the answer: WWJD?
And the man besought Jesus that he come down and heal his son: for he was near death.
Then said Jesus unto him, Did your son have an iPhone
- Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) March 7, 2017
Author Roxane Gay did the math:
My broken ankle cost $117,000 so that's around 234 iPhones @jasoninthehouse.
- roxane gay (@rgay) March 7, 2017
Actress Sophia Bush reacts in Roxane's thread:
@Octopusgardner @rgay seems almost even, right @jasoninthehouse?
- Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) March 7, 2017
Conan's erudite sidekick Andy Richter also tries to appeal to the GOP's alleged Christianity:
Admittedly, I'm no theologian, @jasoninthehouse, but I did a search of Bible verses about the poor & I didn't see anything about iPhones pic.twitter.com/jdrOIjUsKb
- Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) March 7, 2017
Comedian and Silicon Valley actor Kumail Nanjian:
I remember one time I bought an iPhone & it crippled me financially for the rest of my life. Cc: @jasoninthehouse
- Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) March 7, 2017
Danny Zuker, writer/producer of Modern Family, also sees the parallels to Marie Antoinette's alleged quote:
"Let them use Land Lines!" https://t.co/dqb4PxTqQW
- Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) March 7, 2017
Chaffetz's iPhone comment shows what the GOP believes. The poor are irresponsible. The rich work harder. All policy flows from this lie.
- Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) March 7, 2017
Sarah Silverman:
This person thinks 2B struggling in this country is deciding bet. health care& an iPhone. My heart. Try medicine 4 ur baby or food 4ur baby https://t.co/cWyx5WW9oQ
- Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) March 7, 2017
Patton's Agents of Shield castmate Chloe Bennet has a similar nickname for Chaffetz:
What a fuckingggggggg shit canoe. https://t.co/9La2BM3wO0
- Chloe Bennet (@ChloeBennet4) March 7, 2017
Many sources: CNN, Oswalt 1, Oswalt 2, Gay, Bush, Jeopardy Champ, Richter, Kumail, Zuker 1, Zuker 2, Sarah, Chloe