Even the Huffington Post’s very liberal Marc Lamont Hill was taken aback by her claim and tried to give her an out, instead she doubled-down and repeated it.
Via Newsbusters:
You know you’ve gone off the deep end when liberal Huffington Post takes a more moderate view. HuffPost Live’s Marc Lamont Hill showed how weird that could be when he interviewed Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., on Oct. 15. Schultz was promoting her new book “For the Next Generation,” but spent most of the time bashing “extremist” Tea Party Republicans.
While discussing the shutdown, Schultz declared that Republicans “shut down the government over whether or not we are going to give everyone access to quality, affordable healthcare.” Hill attempted to clarify: “You’re not suggesting the Republican Party is shutting down the government so that people won’t get healthcare, right?”
Schultz doubled down on her absurd claim, saying “Oh, yes I am. Absolutely. That is exactly what they are doing.”
Remember, this is the same woman who just wrote a book in which she calls for more “civility” in politics.