The White House announced Thursday evening that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning. Barack Obama will nominate Sylvia Burrell, director of the Office of Management and Budget in her stead. Sebelius claimed that sign-ups for Obamacare insurance had reached a critical milestone of 7.5 million only a couple of weeks after the end of the initial enrollment period.
The memory of the sputtering launch of HealthCare.gov and those marathon hearings are still fresh in most minds. But even as news of her resignation hit the wires, interpretations of her legacy are divided. As usual, Twitter offered a reflection of that division. Here were some of the more memorable tweets in support of Sebelius and at her expense.
A big part of Twitter traffic revolved around Ezra Klein of Vox with his story that Sebelius’ resignation could happen now that Obamacare had won.
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Kathleen Sebelius is resigning because Obamacare has won http://t.co/GYi8z0ItLj
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 10, 2014
When Kathleen Sebelius announces her resignation on Friday, here’s what her successor will inherit http://t.co/iDawt3JqBO
— TIME.com (@TIME) April 11, 2014
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You sir have won today’s political hackathon RT @ezraklein: Kathleen Sebelius is resigning because Obamacare has won http://t.co/HPHYPpIwMu
— John Schulenburg (@johnschulenburg) April 11, 2014
@HollyRFisher @ezraklein If this is winning with Ocare hate to be on the losing side because getting thrown under the bus not the way I’d go
— Elaine Franson (@fransonmarieela) April 11, 2014
Why you’re wrong, explained in one picture. RT @ezraklein Kathleen Sebelius is resigning because Obamacare has won pic.twitter.com/rsttmR3blf — Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher)
Today Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will step down. The formal announcement coming at 11 a.m. http://t.co/Ht2z3lYoQ7
— Morgan Donnelly (@WHSVmdonnelly) April 11, 2014
The asterisk in Sebelius’s legacy: It’s always going to be the website. My story up now: http://t.co/nDCOP6QknV
— David Nather (@DavidNather) April 11, 2014
Today Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will step down. The formal announcement coming at 11 a.m. http://t.co/Ht2z3lYoQ7
— Morgan Donnelly (@WHSVmdonnelly) April 11, 2014
Despite pejorative @nytimes hedline, @Sebelius has a lot to be proud of. I believe history will bear that out. @WhiteHouse @BarackObama
— eileen spiegler (@espiegler) April 11, 2014
HHS Secretary @Sebelius is leaving the admin, her new personal website should be up and running in 6-8 months. — Erik Telford (@BlameTelford) April 11, 2014
Not surprised by the conflicting story lines in the @Sebelius resignation but shows how divided the country still is over Obamacare. — Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) April 11, 2014
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Thanks @Sebelius – for taking on gargantuan and controversial task amid almost insurmountable odds;now get a trashy book and hit the beach!
— luvcats13 (@luvcats13) April 11, 2014
