Sam Brodey at The Daily Beast has another great piece about U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R. NC) trying to run away from his record trying to kill the Affordable Care Act. But there’s something else that Tillis is trying to do: Tillis is taking it a bit farther. The North Carolina Republican, who is facing…
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Today's the day Trump announces his executively ordered Obamacare replacement! Get excited!
At least that’s what he promised two weeks ago when challenged by Fox News’ Chris Wallace over his attempts to scuttle the Affordable Care Act. And, as we all know, Trump always follows through and never, ever lies. This interview aired two weeks ago. Turns out Trump was lying about that health care plan. He’s…
AK-Sen: Dr. Al Gross (I) Makes The Case That The Public Option Would Attract Jobs To Alaska
One of the strongest arguments for including a public option to the Affordable Care Act would not only provide millions of Americans health care, it’s also a huge step from having to rely on your employer to provide health care. U.S. Senate candidate, Dr. Al Gross (I. AK), sat down with the Juneau Empire and…
GA-Sen A: David Perdue (R) Gets Busted Featuring A GOP Operative In Health Care Ad
So U.S. Senator Martha McSally (R. AZ) was busted doing this: x YouTube Video Sen. Martha McSally has a new campaign ad featuring a cancer survivor who talks about how her “path collided” with McSally, whom she describes as a champion for protecting those with pre-existing medical conditions. The emotional television ad, which started Thursday,…
SC-Sen: High Times, “Lindsey Graham (R) Could Be Dethroned By Pro-Pot Contender Jaime Harrison (D)”
From High Times Magazine: The Yale-educated former aide to Rep. James Clyburn, Jaime Harrison, is challenging Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham for a US Senate seat in South Carolina. Harrison is a vocal supporter of cannabis legalization, and recently highlighted the disproportionate way that cannabis laws are enforced upon black communities. Harrison raised more than…
AZ-Sen: McSally (R) Busted Again For Featuring Another Person With GOP Ties In Health Care Ad
This is the second time she’s done this: x YouTube Video The camera pans across pictures of a woman in the hospital before Whitney from Queen Creek begins telling viewers about her rare blood disorder that requires monthly chemotherapy. In the 30-second ad that began airing last week, Whitney says she fears health care plans…
CO-Sen: John McCain's Vote To Save The ACA & Praise For Hickenlooper (D) Haunts Cory Gardner (R)
From The Colorado Times Recorder: Three years ago this month, after the downward-pointing thumb of John McCain put an end to the last of three Republican attempts to kill Obamacare, the Arizona senator issued a statement with ideas on how America could move forward to improve its health care system. Among McCain’s suggestions: “heed the recommendations of…
MT-Sen: Steve Daines (R) Caught Lying About His Record Gutting Health Care In New Ad
Kudos to Emily Singer at The American Independent for capturing this: x After several positive ads, Montana U.S. Sen. @SteveDaines (R) re-election campaign with a contrast ad against @SteveBullockMT (D) on health care. Links Bullock to Biden and Pelosi. First aired this AM in Butte-Bozeman per @Ad_Analytics. #mtsen #mtpol pic.twitter.com/4em1fy8Zhe— Greg Giroux (@greggiroux) July 3,…
AZ-Sen: MSNBC, “McSally (R), Trump haunted by their records on pre-existing conditions”
She can’t stop getting caught lying: Sen. Martha McSally released a TV ad for her campaign in which she says, “Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always.” Well … It boils down to this: McSally has been a proponent of abolishing the Affordable Care Act, which is the only federal law…
GA-Sen A: Jon Ossoff (D) Rips David Perdue (R) A New One Over GOP Lawsuit To Kill Obamacare
Received this e-mail yesterday from Jon Ossoff’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: In the midst of an out-of-control pandemic, insurance industry-backed GOP officials just filed legal briefs asking the Supreme Court to DISMANTLE the Affordable Care Act. This would END health care protections for women, young people, and tens of millions of us with pre-existing…
A Cautionary Note On The Latest Effort By Trump And The Republicans To Judicially Overturn The ACA
As most surely know, Trump and the Republicans have filed their initial brief before the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the entire ACA, arguing that the elimination of any tax penalty to enforce the individual mandate renders the original constitutional justification (Congress’s taxing authority) a nullity and that — under something called the “severability doctrine” — the entire…
CO-Sen: GOP Lawsuit To Kill Obamacare Comes Back To Bite Cory Gardner (R) On The Ass
He is so fucked: With Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner on record as saying nothing about Obamacare since well before the pandemic hit America–and Republicans in Washington pressing their case in the U.S. Supreme Court to have the national health care law overturned–activists stood outside of Gardner’s office in downtown Denver today and asked, “Where’s Gardner…
Biden on Trump and COVID: 'He’s like a child who just can’t believe this has happened to him'
Donald Trump is barely even pretending to care about the novel coronavirus anymore, even as new cases spike in the U.S. All along, he’s treated the crisis as if it’s dozens of women accusing him of sexual assault: Claim it’s all a hoax and wait for it to go away. Unfortunately, this is a health emergency,…
TX-Sen: The Daily Beast, “John Cornyn (R) Promotes Obamacare as He Keeps Trying to Kill It”
I know I touched upon this in a diary last week but I’m happy that Eleanor Clift at The Daily Beast brought this up today: Texas Senator John Cornyn voted 20 times to do away with Obamacare, but says that the “good news” for the millions of people who lost their jobs, and with them…
TX-Sen: Obamacare Repeal's Top Salesman Is Now Telling People To Sign Up For Obamacare
Wow: After voting more than a dozen times to repeal the Affordable Care Act and leading Senate Republican efforts to dismantle it, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Monday that the “good news” is that people can sign up for President Barack Obama’s signature health care law if they’ve lost their jobs and need health insurance…
ME-Sen: Sara Gideon (D) Puts Pressure On Collins (R) To Vote Against Moscow Mitch's Judicial Nominee
Received this e-mail today from Sara Gideon’s (D. ME) U.S. Senate campaign: Mitch McConnell reconvened the Senate last week, but not to pass legislation that will help American families. Instead, he reconvened the Senate to confirm more of Donald Trump’s judicial nominees — including this guy: That’s Justin Walker, McConnell’s former intern who also clerked…
ME, IA & AZ-Sen: These GOPers Brag About Defending Obamacare But Vote For Judges To Kill It
The Daily Beast has been on a roll with terrific pieces about the upcoming U.S. Senate races and Eleanor Clifft’s latest piece highlights three Senate GOPers hypocrisy on their claims to their constituents that they are protecting and defending the Affordable Care Act: With the election looking iffy for the president, McConnell has dropped all…
Joe Biden Reminds Us The Trump Is Still Trying To Kill Obamacare During A Pandemic
Received this e-mail today from Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: Even in the face of the worst global health crisis of our lifetimes, Trump is still waging his war on Americans’ health care. On Wednesday, he doubled down on his support of a U.S. Supreme Court case that could strip away health care protections for the…
MT-Sen: Bullock (D) Hits Daines (R) & Moscow Mitch Attacks On Health Care During A Pandemic
Received this e-mail today from Governor Steve Bullock’s (D. MT) U.S. Senate campaign: This isn’t complicated: No one should be denied health care because of a pre-existing condition. But Washington Republicans like Mitch McConnell are working overtime to gut protections for those living with a pre-existing condition, such as diabetes or even cancer…Even in the…
Trump doubles down on push to murder Obamacare despite coronavirus pandemic
Despite calls from Attorney General Bill Barr to reconsider the administration’s position, Donald Trump today reiterated his belief that the Supreme Court should strike down the Affordable Care Act in its entirety in response to a lawsuit brought by a group of Republican-controlled states. CNN: “We're not doing anything. In other words, we're staying with the…
