Media fuming over Northam, but where's any outrage over Governors who refused to expand Medicaid?

[Doodley]

In my state alone, over half a million people don't have health care that should do.

Never, do we hear the same kind of outrage over people dying in the wealthiest nation on the planet because their governor has rejected Medicaid expansion.

This isn't even a double standard. There is no standard. Yes, he needs to go, but when is the media going to give a damn about policy and how policy affects lives?

[Lucca2]

1. Exactly, we let ourselves get played again and again.

[MLAA]

2. We get played by saying no way in hell to racism?

[KWR65]

3. You mean Medicaid. nt

[Doodley]

5. Thank you. I have fixed the OP.

[dlk]

4. "Off With His Head" is an Easy, Go-To, Short-Term Solution

Complex problems require complex solutions

[Merlot]

8. Easy, accept the Medicare Expansion. All the heavy lifting has been done

already. No complex solutions necessary, just get people medical care so they can, you know, not die.

[IronLionZion]

6. I'm sure Justin Fairfax will continue Virginia's Medicaid expansion

if he or any Democrat refuses, then let's spew some outrage down upon their souls.

[Doodley]

10. Good point.

[McCamy Taylor]

7. Did any Democrats refuse to expand Medicaid?

[Doodley]

12. No, but who is calling for the Republican governors who blocked it in their state to resign?

[IronLionZion]

14. You can start a petition to recall them if you want

and voters can throw the bums out next election

[EffieBlack]

16. Funny how that didn't seem to be a big concern until today, eh?

[still_one]

18. +++++++++++++++++++++++

[PeeJ52]

9. Never.. it's all a game to them.. Lives don't matter... advertising dollars matter...

people hating each other matter... it sells more ads then if everyone just hated a few corporations

[Doodley]

13. Very well stated. Hate matters, not lives.

[EffieBlack]

11. Sigh

Can someone else take this? I'm really tired of explaining this to people and need a break ...

[IronLionZion]

15. LOL!

It never ends, does it?

[Thekaspervote]

17. He said he was genuinely sorry. If his actions as gov were a reflection of his gaff,

That would be different

[Doodley]

20. He is sorry for what? Not being in the photo that yesterday he apologized for?

[Politicub]

19. The media may never give a damn

So I don’t think we should wait on media to lead. I register my anger at the voting booth and encourage others to do so.

And I think Northam should resign. That insane photo denies him now.

[pdsimdars]

21. Just what I want. . . . BALANCED outrage.

They pick one thing to go over the edge on and leave everything else. Look at all the piling on about this picture, when we have a walking, talking racist in the WH. "Good people on both sides" when one side drove a car into a crowd and KILLED someone and I don't think there was this level of outrage. All day long. Why wasn't everyone forcing Trump to resign?
Until you hold BOTH sides EQUALLY accountable. . . GET OVER YOURSELVES!!!

[fountainofyouth]

23. Does it occur to you how much like a conservative you sound

When you demand that Virginia's black residents "get over" racist symbols?

[pdsimdars]

28. Does it occur to you . . .

That we have heard nothing about how he has been in his career regarding civil rights? We know that Trump has had many incidents documented about how racist he has been throughout his life and even his father's life. But I have heard nothing about this man. He could have been the same and working against civil rights throughout his professional life or he could have actually done some good things or been neutral. But the discussion has had none of that. All it has been is a red meat feeding frenzy, as your comment points to.
Does it occur to you how un-Christian you are? There is no redemption for you. What if he has not been a bad egg his whole career? You don't know and yet you mindlessly engage in this soap box, red meat frenzy. Just like the far right. . . all they need is something to mindlessly shout, like a wall to protect against the rapists, when facts tell those who listen that these people aren't criminals and a wall won't help. Same thing here, we don't know the facts about his life. And until I do, I won't engage in this mindless frenzy, which you and so many others have apparently bought in to.

[fountainofyouth]

22. Another example of using Republicans as a measuring stick for justice

People here keep searching for reasons not to hold this man accountable because the other side is soulless. We don't need, and should never expect, Republican permission to create standards for our party!

[UTUSN]

24. K&R

[treestar]

25. The voters in those states chose it though

They don't want the gubmint giving them healthcare or giving it to those lazy bums who don't work.

[mcar]

26. What does one have to do with the other?

[Voltaire2]

29. Fuck all?

This appears to be one in a series of idiotic false equivalence whatabout defenses of Notham.

[lapucelle]

27. "What about..."