Karoline Leavitt: “Obamacare, as it's famously called, is a system the…”

“Ms. I will just add that, as you pointed out, the Democrats were holding our country hostage to try to negotiate on a health care system that they created. Obamacare, as it's famously called, is a system the Democrats created. It is a broken system. It has driven up health care costs dramatically in this country. and now they shut the government down to try to fix that system they broke. It doesn't make any sense to us, which is why the president said that's a completely untenable position.” (47:06–47:15)

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