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Pelosi denies knowing about controversial Obamacare adviser despite citing him in 2009

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is on the defensive after video surfaced of MIT professor Jonathan Gruber saying limited transparency and “the stupidity of the American voter” were assets in passing the Affordable Care Act. She’s denied ever hearing about Mr. Gruber, but her website and a previous press conference suggest she’s not telling the truth.

“I don’t know who he is. He didn’t help write our bill,” Mrs. Pelosi said, according to The Washington Post.

But as Mediate reported, Mrs. Pelosi’s website in December 2009 featured a lengthy blog post citing Mr. Gruber’s analysis of Obamacare in an effort to dispel “myths” about the bill.

C-SPAN also posted a clip from a Nov. 13, 2009 press conference where she touts Mr. Gruber’s analysis.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/13/nancy-pelosi-caught-lying-never-heard-of-gruber-de/