Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, on Monday let it be known in no uncertain terms that he views President Barack Obama as one of history’s greatest con artists.
In an appearance on Steve Malzberg’s radio show on Monday, Brooks blistered the president’s controversial healthcare law, criticizing both the way it was sold to the American people prior to becoming law and its subsequent rollout.
Last week, Brooks advised his constituents to avoid HealthCare.gov because of the risks associated the website’s security. He specifically warned that site visitors ran the risk of having of deception, fraud and having their identity stolen.
On Monday, Brooks remained steadfast in those claims.
“There are serious security risks associated with HealthCare.gov and some of the ancillary ObamaCare program websites, such that I encourage American citizens to not go onto any of those websites until such time as they are secure and they have been fixed,” Brooks said. “[I]f you give those websites your personal data, particularly data relating to credit cards, debit cards, you’re at risk of those things being stolen, which in turn means you’re at risk of being financially injured by cyber-security thieves.”
In addition to the security concerns, the congressman for Alabama’s 5th congressional district asserted that the White House has actively worked to deceive the American people throughout the current administration.
“I hope the American people are starting to figure out that the only reason we have the individuals in the White House that are in the White House is because [Obama] has been very good at deceiving the American people into thinking one thing, when he actually means another,” Brooks said. “ObamaCare is a good example. There was obvious deceit that was used to create the public support to get it passed back in 2009 and 2010.”
“There was deceit again going into the election where the mantra was ‘if you want to keep your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan, period,’” he continued. “And, ‘If you want to keep your doctor, you can keep your health care doctor.’ And to boot, it’s going to cost you less … this guy is the deceiver-in-chief. I don’t know of a more accurate way to describe it. It’s very disappointing. It’s very frustrating. We’ve got Democrats on Capitol Hill who are going to defend ObamaCare no matter how bad it is.”
Brooks later took it a step further, calling the entire Affordable Care Act “one of the biggest con games” ever played on the American people.
“It should be quite clear that this is one of the biggest con games, one of the biggest instances of deception that has ever emanated from the White House and from the United States Congress on the American people,” Brooks concluded.
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