Republican Senator: If I have to be that one person to kill healthcare bill, I will

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), a fierce opponent of the Senate healthcare bill, reportedly said she will kill the legislation if it comes down to her.

"I only see it through the lens of a vulnerable population who needs help, who I care about very deeply," she said during an interview with Politico that was published Sunday. "So that gives me strength. If I have to be that one person, I will be it."

Capito, who represents a state that President Trump won by large margins, reportedly expressed concern about the bill's impact on Medicaid recipients, especially those afflicted by the opioid crisis.

The West Virginia lawmaker also pointed to fears of lost coverage that could occur in her home state, the newspaper reported.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-republican-if-i-have-to-be-that-one-person-to-kill-healthcare-bill-i-will/ar-BBE4qVm?ocid=edgsp

[sharedvalues]

1. Holy crap. This is huge. Real GOP dissent, and public to boot.

Up until now it's been "The Playacting before the Cave."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-moderates-tale-or-the-play-acting-before-the-cave

This looks like real opposition.

[cstanleytech]

12. I wouldnt trust her as she also said

that she would fight to dismantle the federal health care overhaul and challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency according to http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Incumbent_Capito__150700405.html

[sharedvalues]

24. Oh, she's purchased by GOP billionaire donors like all Republicans

Which means she mostly doesn't care about 99% of Americans and instead listens to what the Koches and other billionaires say.

But this bill is so horrible and transparent perhaps she will oppose it.

[3catwoman3]

2. May her firm opposition...

...give some of the Republican't Senators the guts to do the same.

[Matthew28]

3. Great

Maybe not all of them are blood thirsty

[IADEMO2004]

4. She should watch her back. Dead people are breadbags and butter to Sen. Joni Ernst

[Iliyah]

5. WTF, is that real?

I know the GOP doesn't care that million will lose health coverage and thousands will die, but this sh*t is absolutely nuts.

WV would lose bigly and the senator know that.

[IADEMO2004]

22. Real 2014 campaign ad

Wife with cancer and ACA Exchange plan cried when she watched it and it was everywhere.

[gordianot]

7. Har har har she was just kidding.

[not fooled]

27. She's just another

koch whore. Literally--bought and paid for by them. No offense to sex workers everywhere.

[obamanut2012]

6. Half of WV is on Medicaid

And, the opioid epidemic there is terrible. For once, a GOP pol is doing hat is right for their constituents.

[paleotn]

8. Glad to here it, but

is she does actually care about her constituents deeply, as she says, why the hell is she a Rethuglican?

[nkpolitics1212]

11. Do you know who Capito's father was?

A former Republican Governor turned convicted felon (Arch Moore)
That is why she is a Republican.

[paleotn]

16. Well, that figures.

[WinstonSmith4740]

32. That part jumped out at me, too.

If she sees this through their eyes, and cares so deeply, why is she not a solid "no"? Why is she hedging with the "if necessary" BS??? A bad bill is a bad bill, and will hurt your constituents, no matter how many of your fellow tools vote for it.

[AgadorSparticus]

9. She wants to keep her job.

[BannonsLiver]

28. Will be hard when deplorables find out she's going against their god

And based on the margins for Trump in 2016, seems like there is no shortage of deplorables in that part of the world.

[AgadorSparticus]

29. They are all on obamacare. They will disconnect just to stay alive in order to later on vote against

Their best interest.

[BigmanPigman]

10. WOW! This is first on my to-do list for tomorrow...call and thank her!

I called her to bitch about the repeal a month ago. They really do repond to praise. More people should do it.

[Dustlawyer]

13. Now that her constituents figured out that the Affordable Care Act is the same as Obamacare

they changed their minds about it. It's one thing when is was poor, minorities, and the disabled, but now that they realize it's their ox being gored it is a different ball game!

Why haven't we heard this from her before? Why is she speaking out now? What i said above actually makes some sense.

[Iliyah]

18. Now that was amazing. They did'nt know that ACA is Obamacare

That is mind boggling. Nefarious GOPer's stink like booboo.

[gratuitous]

35. No, apparently a lot of people didn't know

And I think Democrats are in for our share of the blame for low-information voters not knowing that the ACA is the same thing as Obamacare. Our share, but certainly not the lion's share of the blame, which should still be laid at the feet of Republicans and their Fox megaphones.

As for Sen. Capito's strong statement, what it says to me is that she is at least vote number 4 against the Senate bill, which means she can say as many bad things about it as she can think of, because three other Republican senators are providing cover with firm, public statements of their "no" votes.

[iluvtennis]

20. Agreed about it now becoming big thing when it affects THEM and not minorities et al.

[DefenseLawyer]

14. I'd stay off charter flights permanently if I was her. n/t

[Stuart G]

15. I read the article..this Republican will stand against

those who would cut Medicaid funds.. Further, at the link, she expresses concerns about......"vulnerable population"..that means poor and aged people.

"....fears of lost coverage...." that means some that have health insurance, won't have it..case closed.

This one seems to care about the people that she represents......So, she sees the sh*t bill for what it is..
a sh*t bill..that will hurt poor people and there are a lot of poor people in her state..

Now..here is one I didn't know about...her, and Collins, make 2...and what do you know...?

There is probably one more.....and that will be.....three.....and if Collins runs, then it does look like there are 2 more...but on this one, I don't think she will run...

Three, Three, Three.
means......
No sh*t bill will be....and Obamacare will remain the law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got to add..............F**k McConnell.

[SergeStorms]

17. They may not be able.....

to repeal it in one felled swoop, but they can dismantle it piece by piece, as they've already been doing. They're scaring some of the insurers away, and if there are no insurers......... Don't ever count the RepubliCONS out. They have a seemingly unending supply of dirty, underhanded tactics to get whatever they want. And if they don't have it, they'll just change all the rules until they do. It's what they do best.

[Stuart G]

21. Thank You....well said..and excellent points..Don't ever count them out...!!!!nt

[calimary]

37. It's really striking to me to see the actual fear that's bubbling up now that trump's taken over.

There's actual tangible FEAR out there. I've never seen it like this. The closest might have been in the minutes after 9/11. But I've never seen this FEAR that's spread from coast to coast, because of what people's republi-CON representatives seem hellbent on doing.

I'm in my 60s. I've literally NEVER seen this before. The population - so fearful - because of what these CON jerks are doing.

[wryter2000]

30. Heller has been pretty firm about opposing it.

As one of the broadcasters on MSNBC put it, "he tied himself to the mast." Add Collins and Murkowski and perhaps Moran, and this bill is in trouble.

[bucolic_frolic]

19. OMG Front Page News: Republican Senator READS AHCA Bill

There's a first for everything

[roamer65]

23. With Collins and Moore-Capito out, best they can do is 50.

I actually doubt they could muster even 40.

[MiddleClass]

34. As of this weekend. There is 14 Republican senators saying no

10 Are solid No on Bill.

Now they're talking about another rewrite

[broadcaster90210]

25. I'll believe it when I see it but ...

that's the best thing I've heard from a Republican in decades.

[kimbutgar]

26. I guess her money masters knows chump is going down and have given her permission to

Speak out to not give chump his "win".

[BigmanPigman]

31. I just called and the phone lines aren't busy.

This means more people need to call and not assume the Trumpcare bill is already dead. Keep calling!!!!!

[WinkyDink]

33. I mis-read this totally! NOW I see she's okay!

[videohead5]

36. If She Sticks

To her guns there's no way the bill has a chance.with Collins and Heller the bill is dead.

[Honeycombe8]

38. Now there's something you don't see every day. A brave Republican. nt

[obamachangetheworld]

39. Funny...

It would appear the coal miners, poor rural residents, etc., in W.Virginia, eastern Kentucky are suddenly realizing no matter how much they hate Obama, it isn't a good idea to drink poison to spite him.