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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Apr 28, 2017, 12:02 PM Apr 2017

GOP lawmaker confesses: GOP pledge to repeal Obamacare is 'one of the biggest shams in history'

GOP lawmaker confesses: Republican pledge to repeal Obamacare is ‘one of the biggest shams in history’

BRAD REED
28 APR 2017 AT 11:10 ET

The Republican Party has pledged for seven years now that it would repeal the Affordable Care Act — but now that it’s in a position to do so, it suddenly seems to have gotten cold feet.

Talking with the Washington Examiner’s Byron York, one anonymous Republican lawmaker acknowledged that many Republicans in Congress don’t actually have any desire to fully repeal Obamacare, despite the fact that it has been a staple of the party’s platform for multiple election cycles.

“A pure repeal would get less than 200 votes,” the lawmaker admitted, even as he fumed that he would like to see the law entirely repealed. “It really is one of the biggest political shams in history — many of these members would not have been elected without promising repeal, and now they are wilting.”

Why are so many Republicans queasy about doing something they vowed to do for years? According to York, they believe that doing so would badly hurt people in their districts — and thus kill their hopes of getting reelected.

“The reason is fear,” York explains. “When the lawmaker said colleagues don’t want repeal “because of their district,” that was another way of saying the members are all representatives, and the voters they represent don’t want repeal.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/gop-lawmaker-confesses-republican-pledge-to-repeal-obamacare-is-one-of-the-biggest-shams-in-history/
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GOP lawmaker confesses: GOP pledge to repeal Obamacare is 'one of the biggest shams in history' (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2017 OP
republicans are the biggest terrorist in history. liberal N proud Apr 2017 #1
It's no different than the abortion issue SFnomad Apr 2017 #2
k and r...nt Stuart G Apr 2017 #3
Hold it hold it - the Washington Examiner hired Byron York!!! underpants Apr 2017 #4
hahahhahahahahahhaha maxsolomon Apr 2017 #5
I belive of many of them know the only better bighart Apr 2017 #6
Well well,interesting comments. Wellstone ruled Apr 2017 #7
 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
2. It's no different than the abortion issue
Fri Apr 28, 2017, 12:08 PM
Apr 2017

They are issues they perpetually run on, but have no real desire to pull the trigger.

underpants

(182,271 posts)
4. Hold it hold it - the Washington Examiner hired Byron York!!!
Fri Apr 28, 2017, 12:18 PM
Apr 2017

What's next, Stephen Moore?

I knew it was any conduit for Drudge to the MSM.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. Well well,interesting comments.
Fri Apr 28, 2017, 12:44 PM
Apr 2017

So this sucker is pointing fingers,well,did anyone ask this question,were you pleased with the check the Koch Brothers cut for you for your efforts? Or,did you cash that check from Hummna,Cigna,or Anthem Blue Cross?

It is after all about the BRIBES.

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