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ThinkProgress: GOP Lawmakers Confronted By Constituents Demanding To Know Why They Wont Expand Medicaid
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a right-wing group funded by the billionaire Koch Brothers, has been aggressively pressuring states to reject Obamacares optional Medicaid expansion. Last fall, the organization launched a massive campaign that has focused mainly on Virginia. But the latest town hall meetings hosted by AFP in the state arent exactly going well.
Over the past week, at several town halls intended to emphasize why Virginia shouldnt expand Medicaid, GOP lawmakers have been confronted by constituents who are demanding to know why theyre denying health care from an estimated 400,000 low-income residents.
Last week, at an AFP-sponsored forum in Charlottesville featuring two GOP lawmakers who oppose the expansion, the event was packed with more than a hundred Medicaid supporters. Protesters gathered outside the building with signs encouraging passing cars to honk for Medicaid expansion, and a local outlet noted that the politicians faced a hostile audience inside, too.
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"What's wrong?" (Original Post)
Cha
May 2014
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TexasTowelie
(111,301 posts)2. I hope that the poor teabagger babies are crying in November too.
Thanks for posting, Cha.
Cha
(295,912 posts)3. Speaking of teabagger babies.. I just saw this.. lol
Laelth
(32,017 posts)9. That is brilliant. Thanks for posting. n/t
-Laelth
Cha
(295,912 posts)10. You are Welcome, Laelth~
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)8. K&R
Cha
(295,912 posts)11. Mahalo stonecutter!
herding cats
(19,549 posts)16. Too sweet!
Dems should campaign on this!
Cha
(295,912 posts)17. We have sooo much to campaign on, herding cats!
herding cats
(19,549 posts)18. That we do!
And, the Republican's haven't even started the "campaigning stick their foot in their mouth mode" yet! That always feeds us more wonderfully delish material to use.
herding cats
(19,549 posts)20. Back at "Cha"
Ugh! I know, I'm cheesy. Lol!
Cha
(295,912 posts)21. You're not
cheezy..