For 7 years Republicans
campaigned elect me and I’ll vote to repeal ACA aka “Obamacare.
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| Sen John McCain leaves the Senate Chamber after a NO vote on a stripped-down version of Obamacare repeal on July 28 |
Eric Cantor Admits Republicans Always Knew ObamacareRepeal Was A ScamThe dog that caught the bus is the phrase often tagged to where we are today. As Cantor admits, Republicans never really had a plan to replace Obamacare. Now, the future of their grand scheme hinges on whether their base will punish them at the voting booth because they didn’t fulfill their promise to take away their health insurance, or because they did.If nothing else, this is the epitome of voting against your own self-interests with life and death consequences.It’s hard to imagine that the Founding Fathers anticipated such deliberate political fraud on a national scale. But here we are. And former House majority leader Eric Cantor is no longer afraid to admit it.
They
fundraised promising to repeal Obamacare, but when the rubber hit the road they
were all talk.
In 2015 both the house and
senate voted to repeal Obamacare. 2015
Reconciliation Bill a show vote they knew President Obama would not sign
it.
In 2015 John McCain (R-AZ) and Lisa
Murkowksi (R-AK) voted YES. Along with Susan Collins (R-ME) they defected in
2017 and voted NO to repeal Obamacare.
Senator McCain released a statement after he killed Obamacare repeal.
Senator McCain released a statement after he killed Obamacare repeal.
Senate Republicans’ Obamacare
repeal bill failed spectacularly 49-51 in a key vote that was supposed to kick
off a lengthy vote-a-rama process that would have culminated in the
passage of the legislation. Instead, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pulled the
bill after the gavel dropped early Friday morning.
