Seemingly forgetting the Democrats’ exhaustive battle to prevent the Republicans from dismantling Obamacare earlier this year, President Donald Trump said Monday night that Democrats would “obliterate” President Barack Obama’s signature legislation should they triumph on Tuesday.
“The Democrat plan would obliterate Obamacare,” Trump claimed.
Here we are, Folks. Trump: “The Democrat plan would obliterate Obamacare.” pic.twitter.com/tgWSjIoZxf
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 6, 2018
His next comments were even weirder. He followed up the bizarre statement with an assertion of his own party’s intent to repeal Obamacare, going on indecipherable tangents about Democrats’ desire to get rid of Medicare and recounting the late Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) “no” vote on the attempted Obamacare repeal earlier this year.
The longer version of this dingbat quote is if anything even better. Trump says that Democrats will destroy Obamacare and that Obamacare is good. Then he says how McCain prevented Trump from destroying Obamacare but don’t worry he’s still going to destroy it next year. pic.twitter.com/l9MKzVBzmT
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 6, 2018
His comments make little sense, and some are speculating that he meant to claim that Democrats want to get rid of Medicare, not Obamacare. Trump has long said (baselessly) that Democrats aim to end Medicare if they gain power.
Stream-of-consciousness spew. That’s all.
Nah, the Democrats only want to dismantle the Affordable Care Act,. Republicans are making sure Obamacare and pre-existing coverage protection remain the law of the land.
Confused moment? The entire time he speaks at any event is confused. Many examples here.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seth-meyers-donald-trump-insult_us_5be161b8e4b04367a88026ff
It didn’t seem to upset his audience. It’s remarkable how facts and contradictions do not interfere in the least with how they feel about stuff.
The audience is there for the “experience” and the adrenaline rush that comes with the participatory hooting, hollering, and metaphoric beating up (or worse) of “The Other.” Like a cross between WWF event and a mass-cult-revival. It’s like they are in an enduced euphoric group=-trance during the rally. They are not there to listen or think.