Republicans are crushing Bill Clinton for calling Obamacare 'the craziest thing in the world'

Republicans are slamming President Obama and his flagship Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, by highlighting the words of another former Democratic president who happens to be the spouse of the current Democratic nominee.

On the campaign trail Monday, former President Bill Clinton called parts of the law the "craziest thing ever" because of a gap in subsidies that leaves many middle-income families without support.

Obamacare currently provides subsidies for a family of four that makes less than roughly $100,000 combined to receive health insurance through the ACA's public marketplaces if they do not have insurance through their job or government programs like Medicare or Medicaid.

This leaves families making above that threshold without access to subsidies, but still required to get healthcare because of the law's mandate. Given the increasing costs of health insurance premiums and the problems facing health exchanges, Clinton bemoaned the squeezing middle-class families.

"It doesn't make any sense," Clinton said at a campaign stop on behalf of Hillary Clinton. "The [health] insurance model doesn't work here, it's not like life insurance, it's not like causality, it's not like predicting flood. It doesn't make any sense."

Clinton did, however, say that the system prior to the ACA was even worse. He touted Hillary Clinton's plan to expand Medicaid and Medicare to catch those people missing out on subsidies.

Seizing on this statement by Clinton, high-powered Republicans have used the former president's own words against Obama and the Democratic Party weeks ahead of the November 8 presidential election.

Republican nominee Donald Trump touted the misstep at rallies on Tuesday, saying Clinton "went through hell last night" after his wife Hillary Clinton heard his comments. Trump added that he wanted to "thank him for being honest."

"Can you imagine what he went through after making that statement?" said Trump. "He went through hell, but honestly there have been many nights where he's gone through hell with Hillary."

The Trump campaign continued to highlight the line on Wednesday. Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Clinton was their campaign's "best surrogate" during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

And House Speaker Paul Ryan, who has been led the legislative charge to repeal the law in the chamber, tweeted that he agreed with Clinton's comments.

 Clinton walked backed his original comments during a rally in Stubenville, Ohio, on Tuesday.

"I want to say this one thing about the healthcare law, because that's another thing they've been trying to tangle in - I supported the Affordable Care Act. I support it today," Clinton said.

Here's a video of the original comments from Clinton: