Sanders Statement on Defeat of Republican Health Care Bill

[Donkees]

Sen. Bernie Sanders released the following statement Friday after House Republican leaders pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor:

"The defeat of the disastrous Trump-Ryan health care bill is a major victory for the working families of this country and for the hundreds of thousands who attended rallies and town hall meetings in opposition to this bill. What the defeat of this bill shows is that the American people will not accept legislation that provides huge tax breaks to billionaires while 24 million people are kicked off their health insurance, massive cuts are made to Medicaid and Planned Parenthood and premiums for senior citizens are dramatically increased. Our job is to improve the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it. Our job is to guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."


https://www.sanders.senate.gov/

[smirkymonkey]

1. I'm so glad that Bernie is still a strong voice out there.

Thank you Bernie for still fighting for us!

[mvd]

2. Thank you, Bernie

[Donkees]

3. We are going to go forward and guarantee health care to all people as a right.

Link to tweet

[JudyM]

4. Bernie helped really wake people up to the importance of a revolution. We've never seen our power

like this before. Those town halls, rallies and calls to congress totally worked.

[lunatica]

5. He's down in the trenches fistycuffing for all Americans

[Talk Is Cheap]

6. Money quote: ....

"Our job is to improve the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it. Our job is to guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."

[kacekwl]

7. trump said he'd gladly work

with the other side. Let's send Senator Sanders in and meet with Ryan one on one and broadcast negotiations live so the ones that it will affect can see it. See who's plan is more popular among voters.

[lindysalsagal]

8. Amen, Bernie.

[Doremus]

9. Thank you Senator Sanders. nt

[PufPuf23]

10. A clear and well stated goal:

"Our job is to improve the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it. Our job is to guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."

[ornotna]

11. The peoples senator

Thank you Bernie for fighting for all working (and retired) families.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Well said, Senator Sanders!

[Donkees]

13. Medicare for All

[Donkees]

14. BernieCare :)

[sarge43]

15. Well said, Senator. Thank you. n/t

[zentrum]

16. Love Bernie!

[Barack_America]

17. Thanks, Bernie. You did your part.

[beam me up scottie]

18. Thank you for your efforts, Bernie!

We need to follow his lead and have MORE town halls and rallies - and not just about this issue. We need to go into the lion's den and show the people that WE are the ones fighting for them. Why allow Republicans to have the spotlight? Why allow them to frame the message? Show the people that while Republican politicians cower in their offices we're not afraid to talk to them.

Purple areas can turn blue again, now is not the time to play defense.

[KittyWampus]

19. So many DU'ers will post on this thread but ignore the one about Pelosi's statement.

She's the one who kept her caucus tight.

She's the one who came out and called Trump a rookie.

Not Sanders, who called the Democrats "feeble".

[asuhornets]

20. +1,000,000

[m-lekktor]

23. awww somebody needs a hug!

[LoisB]

28. Haven't seen it but kudos to Nancy. She has always held her caucus together.

[Talk Is Cheap]

30. You could have provided a link to my post regarding Pelosi...

Here it is:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028846197

[R B Garr]

31. Nailed it. Can you imagine if Pelosi called Sanders

feeble?! That was amazingly bad.

[jpak]

21. Feel the Bern motherfuckers

yup

[beam me up scottie]

22. !

[TEB]

24. Bernie speaks for me

[democrank]

25. Well said.

RESIST!

[ancianita]

26. Translation: MEDICARE FOR ALL, MUTHAFUCKAZ!

[OldRedneck]

27. Let's be clear about one thing:

Pulling the Trumpcare bill was NOT a defeat for Trump and the GOP.

It was a FAILURE.

Failure is different from defeat and is much, much worse.

Let's use a football analogy. We can have a football team that is made up of top-flight All-American players. The team is disciplined; they practice and practice and practice; they execute plays flawlessly; the coaches keep everyone focused. They go into a game at the peak of readiness with an excellent game plan. Yet, they lose.

That's not what happened here. What happened here was complete failure. Failure in every respect. Failure to plan, failure to practice, failure of conditioning, failure of coaching . . . absolute failure.

And the Trump administration is not finished failing.

[TEB]

29. I agree may I try to say it in trump speak I'm not fluent it was hugeeeeee BIGLY failure