Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) spoke out Wednesday against his former boss, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), for saying Democrats made a mistake in pushing to pass Obamacare in the middle of the Great Recession.
Schumer made waves Tuesday for saying the push for the health care law was a political mistake, and that Democrats should have focused on ways to create jobs.
Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) criticized his former boss, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for saying Democrats should not have pursued Obamacare in the middle of the Great Recession. Photo credit: Getty Images
"Unfortunately, Democrats blew the opportunity the American people gave them," Schumer said. "We took their mandate, and put all of our focus on the wrong problem, health care reform."
Weiner was a former aide to Schumer, and resigned from the House of Representatives in 2011 after a "sexting" scandal in which he admitted to sending indecent photos of himself to several women. But on Wednesday, Weiner dove back into politics to refute Schumer over Twitter.
"Wrong of my former boss to buy into the healthcare v. economy canard," Weiner tweeted. "Our economy is held back by broken healthcare."
Weiner also said the bigger mistake was "outsourcing the job of healthcare reform to Max Baucus and Joe Leiberman."
Wrong of my former boss to buy into the healthcare v. economy canard. Our economy is held back by broken healthcare. 1/2
— Anthony Weiner (@anthonyweiner) November 26, 2014the mistake was outsourcing the job of healthcare reform to max baucus and joe leiberman. and then hiding from the bill. 2/2
— Anthony Weiner (@anthonyweiner) November 26, 2014It is wrong to say that something that improves and holds down costs for nearly 1/5 of our economy only benefits the uninsured. 3/2
— Anthony Weiner (@anthonyweiner) November 26, 2014Weiner wasn't the only Democrat to criticize Schumer's remarks. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told CNN that the job of Democrats is to help Americans, not to worry if doing so will lead to a bad election.
"We come here to do a job, not keep a job. There are more than 14 million reasons why that's wrong," she said of Schumer's remarks.
