You should be ashamed!: Dem lawmaker eviscerates Trumpcare on the House floor

[still_one]

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) earned a standing ovation from his fellow Democrats after he ripped into the Republicans’ health care plan on the House floor Tuesday.

McGovern started by pointing out how the GOP bill takes away protections for Americans who have preexisting conditions, and he slammed the GOP for pretending otherwise.

“To claim or to imply that the Republican plan covers people with preexisting conditions, it is a lie,” he said. “It is a lie. And let’s be honest about it. This does not cover people with preexisting conditions. And to come on the floor and say it does, to try to fool people, well, you may get away with it in the short term, you may get a headline but I tell you people will figure out soon enough when they are denied health care coverage.”

McGovern also slammed the GOP for pushing a bill that would rip away health care from an estimated 24 millions of Americans while at the same time cutting taxes for some of America’s wealthiest people.

“You should be ashamed,” he said. “To have a health care bill that cuts Medicaid by $880 billion so you can give a tax cut to the wealthiest people in this country, you should be ashamed.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/you-should-be-ashamed-dem-lawmaker-eviscerates-trumpcare-on-the-house-floor/

[madaboutharry]

1. They have no shame.

That is the problem. They are devoid of empathy and shame. It is the way their brains are wired. They simply don't care.

[Freethinker65]

2. This needs to be said at each and every opportunity. Stay on message.

[sheshe2]

3. Thank you Jim McGovern.

There is a foul stench coming from the GOP. Sad fact is that they have no shame they are just soulless bastards.

[shenmue]

8. Go Jim!

[sheshe2]

9. I love MA!

[SunSeeker]

4. It gives the 400 richest people in our country an average tax cut of $7M /year EACH!

[YOHABLO]

5. This healthcare bill is all about cutting taxes for the super wealthy. That's all.

[padfun]

6. This will doom several GOP in the midterms

And it still has a long way to go to get anywhere. Do you think this will pass the Senate?

[Mr. Ected]

7. WHY do poor and middle class citizens vote for these monsters?

Our fellow Americans enable this behavior and it baffles me as to what their angle is.

[elmac]

11. those who voted for him

are easily conned, brainwashed or just plain stupid.

[Locrian]

15. because they think

They think that the gop is "strong" to deny the "weak". They want to associate with the "strong" rich, powerful - just like the lower monkeys giving bananas to the top monkey.

They're being played for fools. We need to educate them that its a "STRONG" move to demand healthcare, not "WEAK". Change the narrative and get them to understand the gop is treating them as SUCKERS and get them to realize they need to stand up for themselves (they won't react to standing up for others).

[smirkymonkey]

20. That is a big part of it.

It's also because the republicans hate the same people they do. They are all irretrievably stupid. I don't think there is any way to turn them around.

[Alice11111]

21. Common enemies, like liberals &Dems, unite. Language too.

Dems and educated people tend to use understatement, intellectualism and logic in their language.
Repubs and less educated use hyperbole.

Each side is suspicious of the other's language. It is like a cultural anathema.

[tblue37]

24. They treat politics like a sport and care only that their team wins. A recent study

shows this to be true:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/american-politics-sports_n_7111738.html

A recent study has found that a significant percentage of Americans with partisan leanings care more about their political party winning an election — or maybe more accurately, beating the other party — than about seeing the policies that their party supports put into law.

[mrmpa]

23. Read the book "Deer Hunting With Jesus".......eom

[elmac]

10. If its past without a CBO score or if the tax impact is negative

I don't think its filibuster proof. Dems can hold it up in the Senate

[still_one]

12. The filibuster is in tack for legislation, it has just been removed for judical

appointments, and the SC

At this time I don't think any party is willing to get rid of the filibuster for legislation, and if they tried, I don't think they have the votes in the Senate

[Moostache]

13. They will nuke the filibuster entirely...that is the plan all along.

These are not empathetic, human beings we are dealing with in any sense.
They are reptilian bastards and craven opportunists that do not care how many people they condemn to death just so long as the "evil federal gummint" does not help anyone they don't like (ie. that looks, acts, talks, feels, loves or is different from them and their cult/clan).

[elmac]

14. It was reported that 2 Dems voted for it

then their names were pulled from the count. interesting? Did they vote or is someone playing games with the count?

[Moostache]

16. I thought it was 2 R's against...but I have not seen the official vote count... (n/t)

[haele]

18. No, two democrats hit the wrong button and pulled their votes back.

There's another problem the House has, that if someone may have taken a potty break or be getting a drink of water or checking their phone, their "neighbor" will reach over "helpfully" cast a vote for them.

Votes don't get locked in until the gavel comes down.

Haele

[elmac]

19. Good, that was a head scratcher, thanks for clarifying. nt

[bdamomma]

17. THE REPIGS WILL LOSE THEIR SEATS ON THIS ONE

[red dog 1]

22. K&R...Thanks for posting

The Liar-in-Chief said during the primaries:
"I am the only candidate who has promised not to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid."