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— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) October 17, 2014

Oh, the multitude of responses that could be given.

Like how the House GOP has blocked science and research spending. That their House Committee on Science is stocked with nothing but anti-science creationists who ignore scientists when commenting on climate change or science policy.

Or how the House refused to appropriate money the President requested for the Africa mission to fight the outbreak there so that it doesn’t spread here.

Or how the GOP as a whole doesn’t see government functioning as a good thing, so it sabotages even successful programs like the CDC and when they falter call for more cuts in the hopes of killing programs entirely.

Or how the GOP approach to public health is hope and a lot of nope - Obamacare expanded access to preventative care, which would save a whole lot more lives than the worldwide Ebola outbreak, and yet the GOP refused to expand Medicaid across GOP controlled states effectively putting access to affordable health care out of reach for millions. So, those folks have to hope that they don’t get sick, and if they do get sick, they get no help to cover those costs through insurance (which they’d be paying for).