{"id":11190,"date":"2013-09-22T00:52:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T07:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11190"},"modified":"2013-09-22T00:52:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T07:52:35","slug":"republicans-on-parade9222013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/22\/republicans-on-parade9222013\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans on Parade–9\/22\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is the twenty-eighth article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today\u2019s honoree is US Representative Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), infamous for hatred of LGBT folks.  He is honored for an assortment of hateful TEAbuggery, plus one HUGE lie!<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"22Hueslcamp\"You really have to marvel at Republican members of Congress who believe that the message of the 2012 election, in which the candidate who campaigned for Obamacare soundly defeated<\/a> the candidate who campaigned to repeal Obamacare<\/a>, was that most Americans want to repeal Obamacare by any means possible.<\/p>\n

Following an election in which Democrats won the popular vote<\/a> for the House of Representatives, a mere 36 percent of Americans [Republican propagandists delinked]<\/em> favor repealing the Affordable Care Act and just 28 percent of voters<\/a> say they\u2019d be more likely to support a congressman who is willing to shut down the government in order to prevent the law from being funded.<\/p>\n

That brings us to Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), who in an interview with talk show host Steve Deace today followed his attacks on food stamp recipients<\/a> by spewing the patently absurd GOP talking points that it is actually President Obama \u2014 not the Republicans \u2014 who want to shut down the government.<\/p>\n

Then, Huelskamp asserted that voters will side with the GOP because a whopping \u201c90 percent\u201d of Americans oppose the reform law\u2019s provision that \u201cevery single person under Obamacare\u201d will pay a $1 abortion surcharge<\/strong>…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Right Wing Watch<\/a>><\/p>\n

Photo credit: Policymic<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the audio: <\/font>BARF BAG ALERT!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n