Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday said he does not know any details of the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare and does not want to learn any.
A reporter asks Sen. Lindsey Graham if he knows any details on the Senate GOP health care bill. "None." Would you like to know more? "No."
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) June 12, 2017
Axios reported on Monday that Republican staffers are not planning to publicly release the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare once they complete it, but will instead send it straight to the Congressional Budget Office for a score.
Graham was not the only Republican senator who appeared to be in the dark about the major health care legislation.
"We know this is not the best way to do health care," says @LindseyGrahamSC. "But it's the way we're having to do it."
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 12, 2017
Senate Health Cmte Chair Alexander when asked about state of play on health care: "I have nothing to say right now about health care"
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 12, 2017
Sen. Ron Johnson on health care: "I want to know exactly what's in the Senate bill. I don't know yet."
"It's not a good process," he says.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 12, 2017
I asked a conservative Senate aide if their office has seen any text of McConnell's mostly-drafted health care bill yet: pic.twitter.com/stPAINeEEl
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) June 12, 2017
Willful ignorance is still ignorance. The Republican brand.
And that’s a hell of a statement from a Republican Senate aid.
Graham is useless. He’s “concerned” but not too concerned with a variety of things. The only explanation I can come up with is the voters in Seccessionville are just as dim as the ones here in Texass.
It will be interesting to see just when they decide to drop this turd on America.
Recess is coming. Angry hordes in the hinterlands await…
Then is it not fair to say, if you don’t know what’s in it, either abstain or cast a not present when it comes to a vote.
One can find nothing in the history of the world that would support willfully voting for a social bill, such as healthcare, and being willfully ignorant as to its content.