When You Think Your Supporters Are Idiots

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Former Sen. Jim DeMint (R), now head of the Heritage Foundation, tells supporters of the ‘defund Obamacare’ movement that President Obama might actually sign a bill defunding the signature legislation of his presidency. Asked what the point was when it was obvious Obama would simply veto such a bill, DeMint replied: “Well, we don’t know that, do we?”

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