New York governor applauds failed effort to repeal and replace health care law

[TomCADem]

Source: Daily Freeman

The failure of the push to repeal and replace Obamacare was cheered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who rolled out doomsday scenarios all week about the chaos that would have resulted if the GOP succeeded in overturning the healthcare-for-all law.

Cuomo showed no inclination to dial back the rhetoric after plans for a vote on the bill were scrapped, calling the deliberations “a disgusting display of government at its worst.”

“We saw members of Congress openly bribe one-another at the expense of their own constituents, racing each other to decimate New York’s healthcare system while attempting to ram through a piece of legislation that would jeopardize the healthcare of 24 million people and supported by only 17 percent of Americans,” Cuomo said.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul accused her nemesis Rep. Chris Collins of bribery. Collins, an Erie County Republican, ended her one-term career in Congress in 2012, and drew the ire of Cuomo for proposing a state takeover of Medicaid costs now paid by the counties. “Collins bribed New York Republican Congress members with the county bait and switch, selling the illusion of county tax relief at the cost of an explosion of state taxes or the bankruptcy of their hospitals and senior care,” she said. “Collins tried to play New Yorkers for fools, and while we know he is a financial fraudster, his latest insider trading scheme backfired and didn’t outsmart the people of this state.”

Read more: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20170325/new-york-governor-applauds-failed-effort-to-repeal-and-replace-health-care-law

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Or more exactly, he praised the failure of the effort. Bad headline.

He's not praising the effort to pass it.

He is praising the failure, the failure of that effort, not the effort. He's not saying "Good try folks, you worked really hard, A for effort, better luck next time", not even ironically.