House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday said that Republicans have put themselves in a “lose-lose situation” by rushing to vote on the latest iteration of their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.
“They’ll lose if they don’t bring it up and it doesn’t win,” Pelosi said during her weekly press conference. “They really lose if they pass it.”
She said Republicans are “deluding themselves into thinking that they can hide the truth, or hide from their constituents, when they take their votes.”
“Republicans are in a lose-lose situation,” Pelosi said. “So we welcome them to this great civics class.”
She said the furor over Republicans’ appeal attempt is “almost, I would say, a welcome debate.”
“Republicans are maliciously, again, attempting to destroy health care and coverage for the American people,” Pelosi said. “I would hope that they realize that this is really bad for the country, but I do say that it is good in one respect.”
She said “most people don’t know who their congressperson is” but will learn who their representative is as a result of the intense focus on which members are voting for and against the bill.
“Now they’ll find out,” Pelosi said. “They will find out that their congressperson voted to take away their health care.”
