Former adviser to President Obama and now NBC political analyst David Axelrod attempted to downplay the significance of key Obamacare architect Jonathan Guber’s repeated comments about the “stupidity” of the American people by dismissing them as mere “throwaway quips."

Twitchy caught Axelrod's unsubtle attempt to toss Gruber's damning elitist admission to the "dustbin," publishing some of the pushback from followers who saw right through Axelrod's word game.

Following the administration’s lead, Axelrod is clearly trying to disown the once-lauded policy expert Gruber. The “throwaway quips” tweet was preceded Sunday by a tweet blasting “stupid” Gruber: