{"id":25909,"date":"2017-01-17T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25909"},"modified":"2017-01-17T10:55:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T18:55:32","slug":"republicare-cowards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/17\/republicare-cowards\/","title":{"rendered":"RepubliCare Cowards"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember 2008 when Barack, Obama made the mistake of trying to negotiate with Republicans over ObamaCare, how they stalled while pretending to negotiate in goods faith.  Then all expenses paid Republican operatives toured the  country attacking Democrats, who courageously stood up to the abuse,  in their town hall meetings.  Eight years later, the tables are turned, with a few changes.  The Democrats (and some Republicans) trying to keep Republicans from destroying their health care are not paid operatives.  And the Republicans trying to destroy ObamaCare are cowards.<\/font><\/p>\n

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President-elect Donald J. Trump and congressional Republicans appear to have accomplished a feat that President Obama, with all the power at his disposal, could not in the past seven years: They have galvanized outspoken support for the Affordable Care Act<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

People who benefit from the law are flooding Congress with testimonials. Angry consumers are confronting Republican lawmakers. And Democrats who saw the law as a political liability in recent elections have suddenly found their voice,<\/strong> proudly defending the law now that it is in trouble.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people across the country held rallies over the weekend to save the health care law<\/a>, which Republicans moved last week to repeal<\/a> with a first but crucial legislative step. A widely circulated video<\/a> showed Representative Mike Coffman, Republican of Colorado, eluding constituents who had wanted to meet with him to express their concerns on Saturday at a community event in Aurora, Colo<\/strong>. Rallies on Sunday to save the health law drew robust crowds around the country… [emphasis added]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <NY Times<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

Lawrence O’Donnell<\/a> covered both Cowardly Coffman and other protests against the Republican War on Health Care.<\/font><\/p>\n