Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Monday that House Republicans’ bill to repeal Obamacare becomes more unpopular “the more exposure it gets.”
“Can Senator McConnell get this bill passed in the Senate?” a reporter asked Schumer during a press conference.
“Well, if you look at how many Republicans have spoken out against the bill, and you know Senator Cotton is not someone I can usually agree with, but he said, don’t do it so fast,” Schumer said.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on Sunday that the bill “cannot pass the Senate” and Republicans will put their majority in the House “at risk next year” if they vote in its favor.
Schumer told reporters that Republicans are rushing to get the repeal bill passed.
“They’re rushing this bill through. We know why they’re rushing this bill through. The more exposure it gets, the less popular it becomes,” he said.
He predicted that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will have “real difficulty” getting the Senate to pass the bill.
“His mainstream Republicans don’t like it because it cuts back on Medicaid,” Schumer said. “You have our conservative Republican senators who think this bill goes too far. So Senator McConnell has got a very, very difficult job ahead of him, and he only has the bill to blame.”
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimated in a report released Monday that 24 million people would lose their insurance over the next 10 years under the repeal bill.
Schumer said the CBO report made it clear that “TrumpCare will cause serious harm to millions of American families.”
“Tens of millions will lose their coverage, and millions more, particularly seniors, will have to pay more for health care,” he said. “This should be a looming stop sign for the Republicans repeal effort.”
You got a whack job like Tom (let me insert myself into delicate Iran negotiations) Cotton against it. You got a water carrier like Darrel (never met a Hillary investigation I didn’t like) Issa against it.
Senate passage is a dead letter. Even in the House it’s looking worse every day.
That’s some kinda leadership from the White House, ain’t it?
Stick the knife in real deep chuck, then start twisting slowly.
Don’t want them to miss 1 minute of agony and pain.
There was a good reason why they kept it under lock and key for so long. Pulling a dirty one like this requires much sleight of hand so the rubes don’t catch on in time.
And then you issue the base Big Gulps containing koolaid to keep them peaceful while you rob them blind. (And they can’t afford a trip to the eye doctor, so you’ve got 'em for another generation.)
A Zen koan for the GOP healthcare bill:
“If a pile of radioactive dog shit is dumped in the forest, does It have a smell?”
Just wait’ll Worshipful Leader has that mass rally of his billions of acolytes in Nashville! Bill will pass like 17 beef bean burritos through colon after downing 9 Old Milwaukees.
And I know this is true, because my microwave read it at InfoWars.