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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSanders Statement on Defeat of Republican Health Care Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders released the following statement Friday after House Republican leaders pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor:
"The defeat of the disastrous Trump-Ryan health care bill is a major victory for the working families of this country and for the hundreds of thousands who attended rallies and town hall meetings in opposition to this bill. What the defeat of this bill shows is that the American people will not accept legislation that provides huge tax breaks to billionaires while 24 million people are kicked off their health insurance, massive cuts are made to Medicaid and Planned Parenthood and premiums for senior citizens are dramatically increased. Our job is to improve the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it. Our job is to guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Thank you Bernie for still fighting for us!
mvd
(65,173 posts)Donkees
(31,392 posts)JudyM
(29,233 posts)like this before. Those town halls, rallies and calls to congress totally worked.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Talk Is Cheap
(389 posts)"Our job is to improve the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it. Our job is to guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)with the other side. Let's send Senator Sanders in and meet with Ryan one on one and broadcast negotiations live so the ones that it will affect can see it. See who's plan is more popular among voters.
lindysalsagal
(20,679 posts)Doremus
(7,261 posts)PufPuf23
(8,771 posts)"Our job is to improve the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it. Our job is to guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."
ornotna
(10,800 posts)Thank you Bernie for fighting for all working (and retired) families.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Donkees
(31,392 posts)Donkees
(31,392 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)Barack_America
(28,876 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)We need to follow his lead and have MORE town halls and rallies - and not just about this issue. We need to go into the lion's den and show the people that WE are the ones fighting for them. Why allow Republicans to have the spotlight? Why allow them to frame the message? Show the people that while Republican politicians cower in their offices we're not afraid to talk to them.
Purple areas can turn blue again, now is not the time to play defense.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)She's the one who kept her caucus tight.
She's the one who came out and called Trump a rookie.
Not Sanders, who called the Democrats "feeble".
asuhornets
(2,405 posts)m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)LoisB
(7,203 posts)Talk Is Cheap
(389 posts)Here it is:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028846197
R B Garr
(16,950 posts)feeble?! That was amazingly bad.
jpak
(41,757 posts)yup
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)TEB
(12,841 posts)democrank
(11,094 posts)RESIST!
ancianita
(36,048 posts)OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)Pulling the Trumpcare bill was NOT a defeat for Trump and the GOP.
It was a FAILURE.
Failure is different from defeat and is much, much worse.
Let's use a football analogy. We can have a football team that is made up of top-flight All-American players. The team is disciplined; they practice and practice and practice; they execute plays flawlessly; the coaches keep everyone focused. They go into a game at the peak of readiness with an excellent game plan. Yet, they lose.
That's not what happened here. What happened here was complete failure. Failure in every respect. Failure to plan, failure to practice, failure of conditioning, failure of coaching . . . absolute failure.
And the Trump administration is not finished failing.