Posted on 02/08/2017 12:18:33 AM PST by iowamark
Sen. Ted Cruz urged fellow Republicans Tuesday to quickly "honor the promises" the party made over the years to repeal Obamacare. "2010, 2014, 2016, I believe were a mandate from the voters. We're tired of the premiums going up. We're tired of deductibles going up," Cruz said at a CNN town hall debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders over the future of Obamacare. "Should Congress move swiftly to repeal Obamacare? Absolutely." Cruz and Sanders -- two senators with diametrically opposed views of government's role in health care -- faced off at the debate moderated by CNN's Jake Tapper and Dana Bash and featuring questions from an audience consisting of both defenders and critics of the Affordable Care Act. Cruz's call on his party to "repeal every word of Obamacare" came as the GOP is grappling with how quickly to repeal the law. The party hasn't yet reached a consensus on an alternative to the law. President Donald Trump said Sunday that a replacement plan may not be rolled out until next year. The GOP's incredible, shrinking Obamacare repeal
The town hall debate underscored the many challenges surrounding efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act -- a sweeping health care law that covers some 20 million Americans. The evening began with each lawmaker laying out starkly different views of the controversial law.
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I thought Ted was excellent. The fact that Obamacare is a complete disaster helps his argument. As a debater Bernie is skilled at coming off as a brilliant slightly disheveled nutty professor with some seemingly good points. But his ideas were complete socialist trash. The woman who owned a company and now could not afford healthcare coverage for her own family was great. And Bernie’s response basically boiled down to you have to take one for the team. I also loved Ted holding up the chart of states with the greatest increase in premiums. He pointed out that it looked exactly like the map of the red and blue states from the Trump election and said there might be a message there. I loved it.
That sounds reasonable, nitzy.
You really are an idiot aren’t you!!!
You mad? Why, because it’s true? Cruz got schlonged...because he’s sanctimonious and self-entered. It was all about him and he got beat...bad, and to boot, he looked like a real a*s at the convention. It will take him years to repair his reputation, if it can be repaired.
ICYMI...
Delegate count Trump 1,441 Cruz 551
Contests won Trump 41 Cruz 11
Popular vote Trump 14,015,993 Cruz 7,822,100
Percentage Trump 44.9% Cruz 25.1%
It was a schlonging.
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