Some House Democrats are wearing the pins with the hashtag #ProtectOurCare to the inauguration, according to a spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
“Members wanted to wear a sign of solidarity with the Affordable Care Act at the Inauguration,” the spokesman, Drew Hammill said in an email.
GOP lawmakers have already started the process to repeal Obamacare, and Republicans have signaled that it will be one of their first priorities once President-elect Donald Trump takes over the White House.
Congressional Dems are wearing pro-Affordable Care Act pins today, as GOP prepares tor repeal it pic.twitter.com/i4DAid0vEw
— Tierney Sneed (@Tierney_Megan) January 20, 2017
No matter what happens after today, we will never give up the fight to #ProtectOurCare and build a better future for all Americans. pic.twitter.com/fY2kNSfk6c
— Rep. Cheri Bustos (@RepCheri) January 20, 2017
Damn some pins,how about showing some SPINE !!!
And how would you like them to do that at the inauguration, just curious.
Disagree on that. I think this is good. One thing Dems haven’t been able to do in the past is to boil down an essential argument to a slogan. The teabaggers ARE good at that because they know their base won’t be able to absorb much more than slogan or soundbite. Dems can fight back and do this at the same time. This can be effective.
I need one.
At this point, we don’t have any evidence that they aren’t fighting back as best they can. For example, we’ve not seen any senator cave to the republicans appeals/demands for “help”. And, there seems to be a good deal of spontaneous action being organized at the local level.