🔥🔥🔥Obamacare lives! McConnell is officially short of 50.🔥🔥🔥

[MelissaB]

Link to tweet

Full @JerryMoran statement opposing the health care bill. We now have the 3rd (and 4th) no votes. McConnell is officially short of 50.

Link to tweet

[Arazi]

1. Important news. Good

[n2doc]

2. Gotta say it -What a Moran!

And for once, it is a good thing!

[elmac]

16. yep, like 99% of repugs

he is an F'ing idiot but hey, even F'ing idiots can be useful idiots.

[LiberalLovinLug]

41. Such BS

It would "devolve" into single payer which would mean a massive spending increase?

Of course initially there would be start up costs but after that it would be the cheapest way to go . There's a reason even conservative governments around the world prefer it such as Merkel in Germany

[Skittles]

3. oh dear, will the orange piece of shit turn red with anger?

[gratuitous]

4. Note that the tweet was timed to miss the evening news

President Trump may miss the announcement entirely. Or, he'll just scurry back to the "no big thing" position he assumed the first time McConnell couldn't deliver the Senate.

[MelissaB]

6. Oh boy! I didn't think about the timing.

[GallopingGhost]

10. He will throw his Rocky Road

at the TV!

[MelissaB]

15. Both scoops of it.

[GallopingGhost]

40. It'll be a shame

for the big orange marshmallow to lose his nuts. Who knew temper tantrums could be so complicated?

[NJCher]

32. yes, he will be fulfilling a promise

He promised to be vewy, vewy angry.

It is very, very important to live up to promises, even if nobody wants you to do so.


Cher

[MoonRiver]

5. At this point I don't even care why, as long as that draconian bill is DOA!

[metalbot]

12. I'll take it how I can get it

But I gotta admit, it seems scary that it's failing in part because it doesn't go far enough...

[BumRushDaShow]

7. The teabaggers were elected solely to "repeal Obamacare"

They were literally single-issue candidates and the bulk of them came in during that 2010 election (with a few like Cruz, coming in during the 2012 election). The pot-sweetening to buy off the moderates was eventually going to spook the crazy RW loons, and this latest iteration would have fared even worse in the House.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. Imagine if they tried to make it stronger

Imagine if we had a functioning government and the GOP reached out to Dems to figure out how to make Obamacare stronger? Nah, that's fantasy land.

[tclambert]

9. Good. Still, I don't trust these Republicans any farther than I can throw a 60 lb. bag of drugs.

I thought the House bill died about three times before they called that smug-in on the White House lawn.

[spooky3]

14. Agreed n/t

[cilla4progress]

11. What they really want is to

Repeal and Replace Obama's two terms.

Fuck 'em all!

[spooky3]

13. I'm not celebrating.

As long as at least some opposition is coming from misinformed people who want to change the good parts of the ACA rather than the parts that need tweaking, and as long as Big Money is still preventing the change that is needed, this battle isn't over.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. I agree.

Vote blue 2018.

[Grassy Knoll]

17. Lord PlasTeek Just Doubled His Govt. Funded Oxys..

..

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. HA!, that's a great name for The Swamp Drain.

Very good indeed.

[gtar100]

18. Right decision, wrong reasons.

If republicans want to replace Obamacare, I dare them to find a solution that insures everyone and really does do a better job of coverage at an affordable price. I'm sure they'd all be hailed as heroes if they came up with a better plan that actually could pass. But I won't hold my breath. It's antithetical to their nature to do good things for people, especially the ones who hold different values than they do. It's both amusing and horrifying to see them try.

[WinstonSmith4740]

38. This right here!

"It's antithetical to their nature to do good things for people..."
You hit the nail on the head. I only disagree on your point that especially ones who hold different values. I don't think they give a rat's ass about what values someone holds. They're mean-spirited and don't believe in helping anyone.

[Roland99]

19. "Devolve into single payer"?

Knuckle-dragging cretins

[llmart]

33. Yeah, that's the line that stood out for me too...

Apparently they didn't see the memo about how the US ranks dead last in healthcare.

F*** them. I'm tired of the Republicans chipping away at our once enviable country.

[mcar]

20. Killed because it's not cruel enough

Bizarre, but I'll take it.

[Kablooie]

21. So they can try again.

It seems to be blocking most other lawmaking so it's been a useful tool.

[Demsrule86]

36. They have other stuff that must be done including raising a debt ceiling and the closer

we get to midterms...the more unlikely it gets...this is not to say we should not continue to go to events and be vigilant.

[edbermac]

22. Eat it Mitch!

[oasis]

23. Trump said recently he'd be angry if the bill didn't pass.

Be afraid....be very afraid.

[spooky3]

35. Let him try to fire McTurtle. N/t

[panader0]

24. By virtue of being the 51st vote against,

and bearing that onus, I predict several other R's will follow
in opposition.

[calimary]

25. Yeah, those brave 'n' bold and in-yer-face CONS will risk sticking their necks out - NOW.

Now that enough of the others have torpedoed it and it's safe to come out of their foxholes!

Spines like cooked spaghetti.

[panader0]

29. Nobody wanted to be the one who tipped the scales.

Maybe now McTurtle won't have to wait until McCain recovers.
The Senate can procede with their vacation.

[AJT]

26. Gee, not voting for it because it's not mean enough.

[Skittles]

27. ...

[LovingA2andMI]

28. It's About 35% and These Two Don't Want To Go Down w/ The Trump Ship....

They Think They Can Explain Away "Repeal and Replace". But, Riding with a So-Called POTUS at 35% approval rating and a #TrumpDeathCareBill at 50% Disapproval Rating is too much for these two. They have to save face with the "Repeal and Replace" BS.

[Demsrule86]

34. Susan Collins, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Jerry Moran and now McCain...there will be more tomorrow. nt

[burrowowl]

37. Good News!

But keep putting their feet to the fire, it isn't over till the turtle sings!

[Stuart G]

39. k and r...nt