Tammy Baldwin Whacks Tommy Thompson For Vowing To ‘Do Away With’ Medicare, Medicaid
Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s (D) campaign for U.S. Senate came out swinging Wednesday at opponent Tommy Thompson for newly unearthed remarks that he’d “do away” with Medicare and Medicaid, provoking a fierce response from the Republican.
“Tommy Thompson now says he wants to ‘do away with Medicare,’” Baldwin spokesman John Kraus told TPM. “He supports the Republican plan on Medicare that will provide billions in new profits for big insurance companies and a voucher for seniors instead of the guaranteed benefit they paid for. … It’s clear Tommy is not for Wisconsin anymore.”
Kraus swiped Thompson, formerly the state’s governor and President Bush’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, as a “quarterback for George W. Bush on a sweetheart deals for drug companies.”
In a statement to TPM, the Thompson campaign responded by saying Baldwin “would rather lie and demagogue the issues than put forth a credible plan,” declaring that Thompson “actually provides solutions to our nation’s problems.”
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