House Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) nailed the Republican Party with another example

[elleng]

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of their blatant ACA v. Wealthcare hypocrisy.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/3/12/1642754/-Rep-Jamie-Raskin-D-MD-slams-the-GOP-s-blatant-hypocrisy-and-every-American-needs-to-hear-this

P.S. I'm pleased to say that Mr. Raskin is NOW (oops!) my Representative, as he took the seat vacated by Chris Van Hollen who is now my Senator.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

1. This needs to be spread far and wide...

Here's hoping the MSM picks it up and starts preaching it.

[elleng]

2. If ONLY! It's the Dem party that should do it!

[guillaumeb]

3. Recommended. But the media has a focus on equivalence,

and the ACA and Trumpcare will both be framed as equivalent in action because it suits a simple media narrative of a broken system.

From the article:

Here in Congress, there were 79 hearings; I repeat 79 hearings on the Affordable Care Act. There were one hundred (video glitch) witnesses, both expert witnesses and members of the public, citizens coming to testify about the need for expanded health insurance coverage for the American people because of the high expenses of the health insurance and the rip-offs of various insurance companies.
And, there were multiple scores that were received from the congressional Budget Office during that time, as the constant attention to the budgetary and fiscal implications of the Affordable Care Act.  
Now fast-forward to today. We took a year and a half to get to the Affordable Care Act. How about them? Well, let’s see…  

So 79 hearings concerning the ACA, versus 2 closed committee hearings for Trumpcare. That sounds equal to me.

[DFW]

4. If there were any justice

This speech would be on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and all network news.

Wanna bet it gets buried?

I hope some Democratic Senator gets up and reads it verbatim. Hell, I hope Rachel Maddow plays it on her show in its entirety. It deserves to be reprinted in The Nation and on the editorial page of every major paper in the USA.

[elleng]

5. Right, SHOULD be heard widely!

I just shared with a DUer who, apparently, has the ear(s) of Party Leadership, fwiw.

[DFW]

6. If the party leadership hasn't already seen and heard this speech

Then they shouldn't be the party leadership. They shouldn't need our nudging to hear anything this powerful, especially if it was said on the floor of the House.

[elleng]

7. Of course you're correct, DFW.

I have little confidence in 'leadership,' and no idea who is actually running things over there. And IF there are changes, it will of course take some time to manifest.

[DFW]

8. It shouldn't though!

This speech, pointing out both Republican callousness AND their hypocrisy, should be recited by at least one Democratic member of the House every morning right after their chaplain's invocation, starting yesterday!

[elleng]

9. Any ideas how it might be implemented?

[DFW]

10. All it would take

...would be for some media anchors and some fellow congressional Democrats to get started.

I know, I know, Godot will show up first.....

[elleng]

11. :-(