PELOSI re: AHCA: "If they vote on it, they put doo-doo on their shoe & tattoo it on their forehead."

[kpete]

Last edited Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:59 PM - Edit history (1)

Pelosi said that a vote on the bill would likely stain Republicans' reputations going forward.

"So if they vote on it — just bringing it up is not good — if they vote on it, the minute they cast that vote they put doo-doo on their shoe. A tattoo on their forehead," Pelosi said. "And they have to explain it to their children, at some point they have to explain to their children what they did to make America sick again."

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the original version of the AHCA would leave 24 million more people without insurance over the next 10 years than the current projection. Independent health policy analysts have said new amendments to the bill could drive up costs for Americans with preexisting conditions.

"And then, say they pass it," Pelosi said. "Even worse, they really have to be accountable for it. And it's largely unpassable in the Senate, so they walk the plank for nothing. Thank you, Mr. President."

http://www.businessinsider.com/pelosi-republicans-doo-doo-shoe-vote-ahca-health-care-2017-4

[gratuitous]

1. President Trump has given up trying to lobby congressional Democrats

I mean, what's not to like about a deal where House Democrats vote for Trump's stupid proposal, and then watch him preen and strut around and rub their noses in it?

So now it's time to ask Republicans to fall on their swords so that Trump can have something to show for his first 100 days: a glorious, Pyrrhic victory! What's not to like? Besides everything, I mean.

[TexasProgresive]

2. Please edit your title to AHCA as ACA is the present law.

[kpete]

3. done

and thanks,
kp