Rachel Maddow Is NOT Happy About Kathleen Sebelius’ Resignation

Rachel Maddow cannot figure out why in the world Kathleen Sebelius is stepping down now, just a week after the White House’s “victory lap” on Obamacare. She said by doing this, the White House risks ruining the first positive Obamacare news cycle in years with “a story instead about firing people.”

Maddow was very visibly taken aback by the news, and couldn’t quite understand what was going on. She asked, “Kathleen Sebelius has to go? Why now? Because the administration can’t resist stepping on its own tail and turning the first good news cycle they have had about Obamacare since it passed into a story instead about firing people for Obamacare’s failures?”

Maddow pointed out that just a week ago Sebelius specifically said she was staying on until November. David Corn argued, however, that it might not necessarily be that shocking, with the White House being able to frame this as a departure after a “quasi-Mission Accomplished.”

Maddow still didn’t buy it, comparing it to a victorious sports team that “stops halfway through their victory lap to fire the coach.”

Watch the video below, via MSNBC:

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