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jpak

(41,756 posts)
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 03:05 PM Feb 2017

GOP fights ObamaCare PR war

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/319015-gop-fights-obamacare-pr-war

Republicans are facing a new public relations war in their effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare.

The GOP Congress has repeatedly approved legislation to repeal ObamaCare, but those proposals went nowhere with President Obama in the White House.

Now that Republicans also hold the White House, the challenge for the GOP is taking the long-promised action in a way that won’t backfire politically.

And that’s turning out to be harder than many anticipated.

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kimbutgar

(21,040 posts)
1. Too many people have benefited and they would be harmed if the law was was repealed
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 03:09 PM
Feb 2017

And the counterattack should be then let's fix it to make it better. I'm sure the Democrats could come up with appropriate legislation to strengthen it.

underpants

(182,585 posts)
3. But but the TV people told us we could keep our followers at bay if we just kept saying it
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 04:07 PM
Feb 2017

Please help us TV people! Give us the right mouthwords!

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