Time to Call Out the Big GOP Lie on Obamacare - Joy Ann Reid
Death spiral? Implosion? Collapse? Uh, none of the above. And that’s what Republicans really can’t stand about Obamacare: It’s working.
Joy-Ann Reid
03.17.17 4:20 PM ET
“Obamacare is imploding” has become the Republicans’ Big Lie; a lie that doesn’t get nearly the disrespect it deserves. Every day, on cable and broadcast news, and in press conferences, Republicans look into the camera and claim that Obamacare is imploding, collapsing, and death spiraling; frequently to either non-responses or the obligatory “uh-huh” in reply. It’s quite a concession on the part of members of the media; allowing Republicans to recast their greatest obsession—repealing Obamacare—as an emergency rescue operation, or even an “act of mercy.”
Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has repeated The Big Lie over and over again; in media interviews, in his goofy Powerpoint presentation (see, the blue part of the chart are the people with healthcare … the red part are the deadbeats we’re going to toss into the E.R. in order to save the blue people money on their taxes…), and on the House floor.
Donald Trump uses The Big Lie too, in his never-ending campaign rallies and when he does the odd “lyin’ media” interview, mostly on Fox News.
His shouty spokesman, Sean Spicer, deploys The Big Lie in his daily “press briefings” to explain why 24 million people have got to be “freed” from the tyranny of insurance cards.
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