GOP Rep. Farenthold A No-Show At Duel Of Health Care Facts Protest

[demmiblue]

Source: TPM



Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) was a no-show at a mock “duel of health care facts” at his Corpus Christi office Sunday, where nurses and teachers protested his support of repealing Obamacare.

The “duel” schtick was a reference to Farenthold’s comment on July 21, that he would have dueled the “female senators from the Northeast” holding up the Obamacare repeal effort — “Aaron Burr-style” — if they were men. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and John McCain (R-AZ) were ultimately responsible for stopping the most recent effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

But several progressive groups, KRISTV reported, took Farenthold at his word, inviting him to duel the facts of single-payer health care.

In a press release Friday, National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United – Texas declared: “ON BEHALF OF TEXAS PATIENTS, WE CHALLENGE REP. FARENTHOLD TO STEP OUTSIDE AND SETTLE THIS HEALTHCARE DEBATE MEDICARE-FOR-ALL STYLE,” SAY NURSES.

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[kimbutgar]

1. This is a billboard waiting to happen In his district.

But so much craziness to highlight it will be easy to find a lot of instances of his crazy behavior.

[TexasTowelie]

17. I live in his district.

He used to hold semi-regular town halls throughout the district, but he can't be found anywhere since Trump became president. I read articles from four different Websites which are in his district and unfortunately I must state that this is a district that is not well educated or politically aware. I don't have much hope that there will be any change in the next election because the clown deserves to be voted out of office.

[lapfog_1]

2. I am still waiting for an explanation (that I will believe) for this

[demmiblue]

3. .

[kairos12]

4. Can't unsee that, unfortunately.

[George II]

5. Are those pajamas?

[brucefan]

6. Yes

Rubber ducky pajamas

[cannabis_flower]

7. She was paid!

[George II]

14. Hopefully a lot.

[flibbitygiblets]

8. Escaped mental patient offering free ob/gyn exams for uninsured prostitutes?

It's a Halloween costume of course!! Guess that's a Texas thing.

[lapfog_1]

9. Yes... that was the explanation

but not one I happen to believe.

Usually, Halloween costumes allow one to "go as" something... a theme of some sort.

One year when I was young a group of us dressed up in coveralls wearing a sekeltor type mask with numerous green glow sticks positioned underneath the coveralls (but the glow was visible) and with Russian lettering spelling out Chernobyl Pipe Fitters Union... You can guess the year.

a bit of gallows humor perhaps.

We won the "best costume" prize at the party.

So... WTF is he "going as" to that Halloween party? 5 Year Old? And she was his "sexy babysitter / prostitute" date?

[Demit]

11. At the time, I read that it was a "Come as you are" party.

You know, come dressed in what you're wearing right now, don't change into other clothes.

[turbinetree]

13. Here try this

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=109273920

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1834294

[lapfog_1]

16. Even if he had a business as a "domain name sitter"

He apparently never grasped the concept behind ICANN and the "dot somethings" restrictions (.com .gov .org .edu .mil).

blowme.org could never be used by a for profit porn site.

However, the domain name sitters were a slimy bunch so that plus the fact that he owned "blowme.org" doesn't surprise me at all.

[Achilleaze]

10. AWOL republicans suck

they need to do their jobs. They need to listen to the people who pay their salaries, the citizens of the USA. So weary of republicans going AWOL from responsibility and decency. Sick.

[turbinetree]

12. Making $174,000 a year mind you to be a complete and total ass

and he doesn't even have to try that hard except when he was a owner of this web site name......................and it didn't work out

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=109273920


Who would want tooooooooooooooooooooooo............................

[jO456]

15. Challenge to a Duel of 400m race with no seconds

no way he could even run 100m so 400m would be way to far

[Hieronymus]

18. He probably had a date with a hot model.