LOL: White House Mocks GOP’s Obamacare Hashtag (PHOTO)

[ProSense]

White House Mocks GOP’s Obamacare Hashtag (PHOTO)

When Republicans on Thursday sought to highlight their latest repeal effort by encouraging Twitter followers to describe "Obamacare" in three words, the White House decided to get in on the action.

With the GOP-promoted hashtag included, the White House's official Twitter account posted a reminder that the Affordable Care Act still carries the force of law:

The White House ✔ @whitehouse

It's. The. Law. #ObamaCareInThreeWords, pic.twitter.com/yCHSmuxkKj
2:47 PM - 16 May 2013



2,101 Retweets 1,041 favorites

A number of prominent Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), promoted the hashtag:

Speaker John Boehner ✔ @SpeakerBoehner

#ObamaCareinThreeWords --> Repeal for jobs
2:20 PM - 16 May 2013

68 Retweets 17 favorites

Update: Speaker Boehner's Twitter account responds, echoing his "arrogance of power" comment earlier today.

Speaker John Boehner ✔ @SpeakerBoehner

Arrogance of power --> RT @whitehouse: It's. The. Law. #ObamaCareInThreeWords, pic.twitter.com/Bd38U34tmo

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/white-house-mocks-gops-obamacare-hashtag-photo

Looks like Boehner responded before thinking, and then realized, "Oh shit! I should use our talking point."

Fun, from the comments at TPM:

#ObamaCareinThreeWords -->Upheld by Roberts

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/white-house-mocks-gops-obamacare-hashtag-photo#comment-899596297

[David Zephyr]

1. Short and sweet!

[krispos42]

2. "thirty seven failures"

Boom!

Done.

[SemperEadem]

22. boom goes the dynamite!!

nice!

[MADem]

3. Some of those tweets back at that turd are HILARIOUS.... nt

[ProSense]

5. You. Lost. Assholes.

[mountain grammy]

10. perfect!

[SemperEadem]

21. excellent!!!!

[sheshe2]

4. Beautiful! nt

[giftedgirl77]

6. Thank you

They have lost their minds & are off &running with the people are losing jobs because of Obamacare. This is due to a hospital in Missouri that had to lay off 129 people because of them needing to cover some cash flow issues.of course a nurse who was laid off gave an interview stated it was because of Obamacare.

Disclaimer: I found out about this story because I follow some of the most notable GOP/TP reps on Twitter so I can debunk their lies immediately if only for the hope of saving at least one sad little hater.

Now back to the story so Rep. Steve Stockman posted this story stating Obamacare is costing jobs. Yada yada, the nurse comes on blames Obama & not 15 secs later the hospital rep clearly explains that all of these layoffs would have been avoided if the state would have taken the federal govs medicaid expansion.

There really needs to be a way to hold the Reps feet to the fire. The only possibly true statement I have seen from Stockman had to do with a rest.having good bbq.

[No Vested Interest]

16. Welcome to DU, though

sorry for you some in your state has just sent a jerk to the Congress.
I think you know whom I'm referring to.

However, that's nifty that you follow-and-correct Rep. tweets.
Keep us informed.

[giftedgirl77]

25. I don't belong to that state

We settled in SC because we are military I'm being medically discharged not because of war wounds but because KBR & Halliburton poisoned us while we were deployed. We both came in long before 9/11. It's no better trust me but with parents getting old in FL we can't move back to WA so I just prefer to spead my liberal love around the red states & accept it for what it is.

[freshwest]

17. 'if the state would have taken the federal govs medicaid expansion' Well done!

[rdking647]

7. heres some responces

republican sore losers
reason im insured
millions more insured
redneck hissy fit
already ruled constitutional

[Wait Wut]

24. redneck hissy fit

[tblue37]

37. Here are some of my thoughts:

Can't deny coverage.
More people insured.
No lifetime caps.
Healthcare spending reduced.
Helping reduce deficit.

[Hekate]

8. KnR -- LOL

[cui bono]

9. GOP Twitter Fail

[Cha]

11. "Preexisting Conditions Covered"!

http://theobamadiary.com/

[ProSense]

12. Darrell Issa

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Since the House was already wasting $1.45 million today repealing Obamcare (that's for a grand total of $54 million on 37 votes), apparently Rep. Darrell Issa decided to waste some time on Twitter, too. So he posted the above tweet.

You can probably guess what happened next.

#obamacareinthreewords Even covers car-thieves. @darrellissa
— @RL_Miller via TweetDeck

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/16/1209610/-House-GOP-leadership-wastes-some-more-time-on-repeal

[Cha]

13. "Even Covers Car Theives".. brawawawaaa. Issa stupidly jumped into that

like he does Everything. rofl

[freshwest]

18. 'Ooh, yeah, that's gonna leave a mark!' Keep on putting your foot in your mouth, Issa!

[Cha]

23. 'Nother tweet, freshwest..

Liberal Librarian @Lib_Librarian

#ObamaCareinThreeWords John Boehner FAIL

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/16/tweets-reveal-truths/

[freshwest]

26. Ah, I need to go over to TOD to keep up with this Congressional soap opera.

[Cha]

27. Yeah, they do an excellent job with their

twitter brigade

[Indyfan53]

14. Love it!

GOTV 2014!

[Cha]

15. lol..

Liberal Librarian @Lib_Librarian

So, @SpeakerBoehner is fee fee hurt because his #ObamacareInThreeWords got taken over by the freaking White House. Suck it up, Rusty.

[ProSense]

32. Prescient

Barack Obama ✔ @BarackObama

This seat's taken. http://OFA.BO/c2gbfi , pic.twitter.com/jgGZTb02
12:29 AM - 31 Aug 2012



http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1209690/50195400#c3

[SemperEadem]

19. I would have said "get over it"

[SemperEadem]

20. #ObamacareInThreeWords: Chief Justice Roberts

[DUgosh]

28. Mine was

Kiss GOP Goodbye

[cui bono]

29. Revealing Detractors' Ignorance

[Megalo_Man]

30. Not Nearly Enough

[ProSense]

31. #ObamaCareInThreeWords

Joe Biden edition:

Big. Fucking. Deal.

[Megalo_Man]

40. Glug Glug Glug

[BrotherIvan]

33. Medicare for All

[MADem]

34. Weepy Orange Drunk....PRICELESS! nt

[Scurrilous]

35. K & R

[winter is coming]

36. Need Single Payer n/t

[Fearless]

38. Yep. +1000

[vademocrat]

39. Fifty years late... n/t