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The
GOP members of Congress who put the repeal of Obamacare to a vote dozens of times during the previous administration [per Treehouse, the Senate considered only defunding Obamacare, not repealing], and the GOP
candidates who pledged to repeal Obamacare in order to get elected, were all
lying through their teeth. They never dreamed that Trump would be elected and that
they’d be put on the spot to make good on their promises. And take a look at
the two GOP Senators who just announced their intention to vote no! From the AP :
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
latest GOP effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare" was fatally
wounded in the Senate Monday night when two more Republican senators announced
their opposition to legislation strongly backed by President Donald Trump.
The announcements from Sens.
Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas left the Republican Party's
long-promised efforts to get rid of President Barack Obama's health care
legislation reeling. Next steps, if any, were not immediately clear.
Lee and Moran both said
they could not support Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's legislation in its
current form. They joined GOP Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of
Kentucky, both of whom announced their opposition right after McConnell
released the bill last Thursday.
McConnell is now at least
two votes short in the closely divided Senate and may have to go back to the
drawing board or even begin to negotiate with Democrats, a prospect he's
threatened but resisted so far.
Some of us had higher hopes for Mike Lee and even
Rand Paul. Lesson learned: they are all politicians. And they lie.
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