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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:19 PM Jul 2020

BREAKING: Trump's executive order to control drug prices is almost identical to the bill Nancy Pelos

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BREAKING: Trump’s executive order to control drug prices is almost identical to the bill Nancy Pelosi put forth in 2019, and Mitch McConnell called it “Socialist price controls.” He refused to allow a Senate vote on it.

GOP hypocrisy is hilarious!

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BREAKING: Trump's executive order to control drug prices is almost identical to the bill Nancy Pelos (Original Post) soothsayer Jul 2020 OP

First thing I thought of - Lokee11 Jul 2020 #1

So it's Trump's -"Nancy Pelosi's bill"-executive order stillcool Jul 2020 #2

Dump is too lazy and stupid to do any actual work fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #3

Good job, little Donny... GOOD JOB! Blue Owl Jul 2020 #4

Watch some old Mussolini films. louis-t Jul 2020 #8

Just don't say anything except "That is the best thing I have ever heard of" Conservatives can not LiberalArkie Jul 2020 #5

it would be hilarious if twitter erupted in praise of Nancy for getting her policies enacted Salviati Jul 2020 #6

McConnell warns Pelosi's drug-pricing plan is DOA soothsayer Jul 2020 #7

Call it "bipartisan action," or whatever. We definitely need some effective price Hoyt Jul 2020 #9

Pelosi and the Democrats should RUN with this! NCDem47 Jul 2020 #10

And send the bill back over to the Senate dansolo Jul 2020 #11

Lokee11

(235 posts)

1. First thing I thought of -

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:22 PM

Jul 2020

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FDT

stillcool

(32,626 posts)

2. So it's Trump's -"Nancy Pelosi's bill"-executive order

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:26 PM

Jul 2020

Trump has to plagiarize anything that is not "person, woman, man, camera, tv"

fleur-de-lisa

(14,631 posts)

3. Dump is too lazy and stupid to do any actual work

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:28 PM

Jul 2020

so he plagiarized Pelosi’s bill. Typical of him.

Blue Owl

(50,659 posts)

4. Good job, little Donny... GOOD JOB!

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:32 PM

Jul 2020

louis-t

(23,322 posts)

8. Watch some old Mussolini films.

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:04 PM

Jul 2020

The head nodding-donnie dum dum nails it.

LiberalArkie

(15,746 posts)

5. Just don't say anything except "That is the best thing I have ever heard of" Conservatives can not

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:34 PM

Jul 2020

come up with new ideas as Conservatives are always the party of "Status Quo". Just agree when they want to reuse a Liberal idea.

Salviati

(6,009 posts)

6. it would be hilarious if twitter erupted in praise of Nancy for getting her policies enacted

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Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:52 PM

Jul 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

7. McConnell warns Pelosi's drug-pricing plan is DOA

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:59 PM

Jul 2020

Link to tweet

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/19/mcconnell-pelosi-prescription-plan-1504496

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

9. Call it "bipartisan action," or whatever. We definitely need some effective price

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:10 PM

Jul 2020

controls, no matter who can claim credit.

Most people know Democrats have been pushing this for years.

NCDem47

(2,258 posts)

10. Pelosi and the Democrats should RUN with this!

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:13 PM

Jul 2020

Co-opt it. Kill him with kindness. Hold a press conference. Say, "We're so honored that the President took our bill and is signing it as an executive order."

dansolo

(5,376 posts)

11. And send the bill back over to the Senate

Reply to NCDem47 (Reply #10)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:59 PM

Jul 2020

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