Fox News’ Shep Smith tore into the bipartisan health care summit this afternoon, calling the whole idea “poppycock,” since neither side will concede.
He interrupted Sen. John Thune (R-SD) during an interview to tell him he was lying about premiums.
“I know your talking points. I know the other side’s talking points. But can’t we say, ‘Look, we gotta do something in this country. This is going to bankrupt us.’ And you people up there who are supposed to be representing us are making it perfectly clear you’re gonna sit in your corners with your own talking points and we’re gonna lose,” Smith said. “We’re gonna get nothing.”
He didn’t spare the Democrats. Later, in an interview with Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), he accused Dem lawmakers of fostering a hyper-partisan, divided national atmosphere.
“What do you think is gonna happen if, after all this talk, you get up there and pass this bill through reconciliation with 51 votes? How do you think the partisan divide in this already messed-up country is gonna lay out? What do you think the right-wingers are gonna do? They’re gonna explode,” Smith said.
And later:
“I think [the American people] are outraged already that we sit up there and waste all this time and talk about things just so that later the Democrats can say, ‘We tried!’ As if you thought the Republicans were gonna come around to this thing,” he said. “Poppycock.”
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