A Republican House member thinks the GOP women of the Senate are to blame for Congress’ inability to address Obamacare.
Appearing on a Corpus Christi radio station Friday, Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) not only suggested that it was Republican women’s fault that the party is fractured on how to get rid of Obamacare, but also said if it was “a guy from south Texas” at the center of the disagreement, he might ask them to resolve their issues with a gun fight.
“The fact that the Senate does not have the courage to do some things that every Republican in the Senate promised to do is just absolutely repugnant to me. … Some of the people that are opposed to this, they’re some female senators from the Northeast,” he said, likely referring to Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, who has been vocal about her opposition to each of the Senate’s health plans from the start. She said over the weekend that she’s opposed to the delayed repeal bill.
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Shelly Moore-Capito (R-WV) have also been clear about their opposition to various versions of the Republican health care plan.
Farenthold suggested if it were a man from his state blocking the repeal bill, he might ask him to “step outside and settle this Aaron Burr style,” he said, referencing the famed gun duel between the former vice president and Alexander Hamilton, a former secretary of the Treasury who had longstanding political differences. The gun fight ended in Hamilton’s death.
The GOP congressman voted in favor of the GOP’s health care plan that made it through though the House in May. He told NPR in an interview in March that he supported the bill because he ran on repealing Obamacare.
His comments come as the Senate moves toward a procedural vote to begin debate on repealing Obamacare, which is expected to come Tuesday. If it succeeds, the Senate will bring the repeal bill to the floor to debate, which could result in a vote on a delayed repeal of Obamacare or the GOP’s replacement bill.
Listen to his full interview below:
Rep. Farenthold looks like he’d challenge someone to step outside to a chicken wing eating contest.
Democracy does in derpness.
Wrong picture ! wrong picture ! There is only one picture you can use for 'Ducky Boy" Farenthold !
He looks like he has about 150 excess lb. of pre-existing condition.
Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Dean Heller are now women.