Anthony Weiner Calls Every Republican “A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” Of Insurance Industry

Big day for the House today as it voted to overturn the antitrust exemptions for insurance companies that have been in place since the end of World War II. And no one on the scene was more emphatic for this appeal than Democratic New York Representative Anthony Weiner, who just wailed on Republicans this afternoon for being in the pockets of big insurance companies. Think we’re exaggerating?




Weiner’s exact quote on the floor:

“You gotta love these Republicans. I mean, you guys have chutzpah. The Republican Party is a wholly owned subsidiary of insurance companies.”

After one of Weiner’s own colleagues ask that the rep’s comments be stricken from the record due to being somewhat…inappropriate…the politician amended his wording to “Every single Republican I have ever met in my entire life is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the insurance industry.”

Ah, much better.

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