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Shame on you': Republicans face crowds angry over Obamacare repeal
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Shame on you': Republicans face crowds angry over Obamacare repeal
• California and Florida representatives struggle to explain GOP plans
• Police escort one politician to car after tempestuous town hall event
Staff and agencies
Sunday 5 February 2017 16.17 GMT
Angry voters confronted Republican lawmakers at town halls in California and Florida this weekend, fearful that the party’s promise to repeal former president Obama’s healthcare law will leave them without a comprehensive alternative.
In California on Saturday, Representative Tom McClintock had to be escorted by police, having faced tough questions about healthcare, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – referred to pejoratively by Republicans as Obamacare – and President Trump’s agenda. Protesters followed him, shouting: “Shame on you!”
In an equally conservative district in Florida, Representative Gus Bilirakis answered questions from town hall attendees worried about the loss of insurance and higher premiums if the ACA is repealed.
The events were captured on Facebook, the Saint Peters blog and other news organizations and echoed angry town halls that Democrats faced in 2009, when Obama pressed for passage of his sweeping law.
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• California and Florida representatives struggle to explain GOP plans
• Police escort one politician to car after tempestuous town hall event
Staff and agencies
Sunday 5 February 2017 16.17 GMT
Angry voters confronted Republican lawmakers at town halls in California and Florida this weekend, fearful that the party’s promise to repeal former president Obama’s healthcare law will leave them without a comprehensive alternative.
In California on Saturday, Representative Tom McClintock had to be escorted by police, having faced tough questions about healthcare, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – referred to pejoratively by Republicans as Obamacare – and President Trump’s agenda. Protesters followed him, shouting: “Shame on you!”
In an equally conservative district in Florida, Representative Gus Bilirakis answered questions from town hall attendees worried about the loss of insurance and higher premiums if the ACA is repealed.
The events were captured on Facebook, the Saint Peters blog and other news organizations and echoed angry town halls that Democrats faced in 2009, when Obama pressed for passage of his sweeping law.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/05/republicans-obamacare-affordable-care-act-repeal
