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akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 11:51 PM Mar 2017

That was a very good town hall that Chris Hayes had

with Senator Bernie Sanders. At least the trump voters realised that their coal mining jobs are not coming back. And with this new trumpcare, they know that they will not be covered under medicare. It is so frigging sad that the richest country in the world in short changing its poor to give more money to the richest 2%. My only hope is that some Republicans will go against this shitty trumpcare.

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That was a very good town hall that Chris Hayes had (Original Post) akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 OP
I have no sympathy for anyone who voted for trump. As Sanders said, a lot still_one Mar 2017 #1
I cannot begin to agree with you that Trump supporters need to feel it the worst! akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #2
We agree then akbacchus. Supposedly there are Senate republicans who oppose still_one Mar 2017 #3
I hope enough Republicans will not accept this new health care plan. akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #4
exactly still_one Mar 2017 #6
it was a good show Hamlette Mar 2017 #5
I agree with you. How the fuck could a democrat senator vote for trump? akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #8
It was good, but... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #7
Imagine Putin and Comey are responsible for Mrs. Clinton losing. How the fuck that was possible? akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #9
part of the reason is because those poor are voting for candidates who want to give to the wealthy JI7 Mar 2017 #10
I think they did not realise the message trump was pushing. They had no idea akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #11
they thought he would just take it away from blacks and mexicans JI7 Mar 2017 #12
I do not even want to go there. The shit Blacks are going through in the US is despicable. akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #13
Not only that, am not even sorry that they voted for the orange prick and akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #14
Tom Cotton may have grown a set Heartstrings Mar 2017 #15
The thing is that these fuckers have to be called out by the people who voted them in! akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #16
Maybe because he Dan Mar 2017 #17
Hmm - not likely JustAnotherGen Mar 2017 #20
The Primary Reason It Was So Good DallasNE Mar 2017 #18
Deft. Yes, that's an excellent description nt riderinthestorm Mar 2017 #22
It's so wrong to paint all Trump supporters with one brush. democrank Mar 2017 #19
Yes malaise Mar 2017 #21
Honestly, NCDem777 Mar 2017 #23
Opioids addictions being ignored Heartstrings Mar 2017 #24

still_one

(91,807 posts)
1. I have no sympathy for anyone who voted for trump. As Sanders said, a lot
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:02 AM
Mar 2017

of people are going to die because of this immoral paul ryan/trump healthcare plan, and those who vote for that miserable SOB, facilitated that.



akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
2. I cannot begin to agree with you that Trump supporters need to feel it the worst!
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:05 AM
Mar 2017

They elected this clown and am not sorry for them. If they thought the coal mining jobs were coming back, they are effing stupid. Bernie said it best, Trump supporters are going to be worst off!

But this new deal is horrendous, I just hope some republicans disagree with it and kill it!

still_one

(91,807 posts)
3. We agree then akbacchus. Supposedly there are Senate republicans who oppose
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:13 AM
Mar 2017

the ryan plan, and if that is true, then the Senate will have to come up with their own version for reconciliation. That is the opportunity for the Senate Democrats to push for Medicare for all, or at least offer significant improvements to the ACA, none of which I suspect the Senate republicans will agree to.

Barring that, our best hope would be that this gets locked up in an impasse, so nothing changes until 2018, when we try to at least take back the house


akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
4. I hope enough Republicans will not accept this new health care plan.
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:24 AM
Mar 2017

For the first time in my life, I cannot believe that the person the people elected to support them is now screwing them over.

People will die if they do not have coverage. This new shit by the Republicans is tantamount to killing people who cannot afford the high cost of medicare.

Hamlette

(15,384 posts)
5. it was a good show
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:28 AM
Mar 2017

it was so interesting to listen to a part of this country I know so little about. Not sure there were many Trump supporters there nor am I sure anyone changed their mind. The coal miner still seemed to think the answer to it all is to bring back coal jobs even though it was explained to him that they will not because the jobs have been mechanized.

But the Democratic state official who voted for Trump? F him he should know better.

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
8. I agree with you. How the fuck could a democrat senator vote for trump?
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:34 AM
Mar 2017

Are they all so effing stupid that they beleved him that he could bring back coal mines? I have no idea who these suckers are but they believed an idiot whom they elected. America is fucked for four years with this jackass in the white house. Who would have thought a pussy grabber would be in the white house. The fool does not know how to lead, he is a total idiot and the world is mocking this asswipe! What were Americans thinking when they voted this dick as the resident of the white house, what the fuck were they thinking?

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
9. Imagine Putin and Comey are responsible for Mrs. Clinton losing. How the fuck that was possible?
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:38 AM
Mar 2017

trump is the resident of the white house and with his fucking retards. Who are those people? They seem from a different planet.

I want his ass impeached!

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
11. I think they did not realise the message trump was pushing. They had no idea
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:51 AM
Mar 2017

that their voting for him will take away their healthcare which President Obama pushed for so that rich people will benefit. To be honest with you, if anyone voted for that shitstain, they deserve what they get!

I meant that President Obama was not protecting the rich, he was protecting the poor and now Trump is taking that away from them!

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
13. I do not even want to go there. The shit Blacks are going through in the US is despicable.
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:56 AM
Mar 2017

The killings of innocent kids and cops are not held responsible is mind fucking boggling. Same shit here in Canada, no difference but they think we are stupid when their racism surfaces!

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
14. Not only that, am not even sorry that they voted for the orange prick and
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:00 AM
Mar 2017

now they are realising he only wanted their votes. Stupid is not an excuse for voting for an idiot! Can you imagine how the US would be if Mrs. Clinton had gotten elected. Now we have an asshole in the white house blaming the former President of wire tapping him an he is pulling this shit out of his ass! Ryan and the cabal should go have an orgy and fuck themselves. these fuckers are mind bogglling. end of rant!

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
15. Tom Cotton may have grown a set
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:02 AM
Mar 2017

Arkansas senator Tom Cotton spoke out against the proposed new healthcare act, probably cuz he got decimated at town hall meeting in his home state...maybe, just maybe he has a conscience and a bit of humanity?

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
16. The thing is that these fuckers have to be called out by the people who voted them in!
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:09 AM
Mar 2017

Elected officials are accountable to the people who elect them but the republicans seem entitled. I hope in in 2018, most of these senators are not elected again, they do not deserve to be elected. They are complict with trump who is a pussy grabber and has no idea how to fucking govern.

Dan

(3,522 posts)
17. Maybe because he
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 02:56 AM
Mar 2017

Wants to be president one day.

Me thinks - a GOP politician (yes, aware of political realities in his state) might be thinking beyond the narrow range of thoughts that the party allows. Trump is even half the things are true is going to do damage to the GOP (of course not to the party faithful, but rather the independents). I think that Mr. Cotton is playing the long game... me thinks that we might be looking at the very early beginnings of what might end up being a player in a third party.

DallasNE

(7,390 posts)
18. The Primary Reason It Was So Good
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 02:56 AM
Mar 2017

Was because of how deft Sen. Sanders was with his answers. He constantly told the people "it is not your fault for the situation you find yourself in". But he didn't back away from pointing out that climate change is real and that the coal jobs will not come back in any significant way because of mechanization. He then asked if there were new jobs that paid as well as coal mining and had the benefits of coal mining if they would work those jobs. When they said "yes" he then turned that into a need for better education so that people had the skills these new jobs would demand. Excellent job of re-framing by Bernie. Chris Hayes is a good moderator for these events too.

democrank

(11,032 posts)
19. It's so wrong to paint all Trump supporters with one brush.
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 05:01 AM
Mar 2017

One thing this program reaffirmed for me was how deeply people are affected by poverty and desperation.

 

NCDem777

(458 posts)
23. Honestly,
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:05 PM
Mar 2017

More Dem Senators should be doing town hall events exactly like this. God knows that the Republicans aren't interested in hearing their constituents.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
24. Opioids addictions being ignored
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 06:12 PM
Mar 2017

I thought the statistics they came out with last night were stagggering...yet most GOP'ers would so love to just let those addicted die with the needle still stuck in their arms...

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