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Cruz opposes latest Obamacare repeal
Politico ^ | September 24, 2017 | Staff

Posted on 09/24/2017 9:11:41 AM PDT by C19fan

Sen. Ted Cruz said today that he doesn’t support the latest Obamacare repeal plan drafted by Sens. Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham and suggested that the proposal also lacks the vote of Sen. Mike Lee.

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TOPICS: Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: biggestliar; cruz; cruz4obamacare; gchealthcarebill; lyinted; obamacare; tedcruz
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The bill was already dead but Cruz wanted to make sure he is as pure as Paul. ObamaCare Now and Forever!
1 posted on 09/24/2017 9:11:41 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Bastards. Bought and paid for.


2 posted on 09/24/2017 9:13:06 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: C19fan

McCain already killed it. Ted should have kept his mouth shut.


3 posted on 09/24/2017 9:17:13 AM PDT by McGruff (Lock Her Up! In a Padded Cell!)
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Well Lyin Ted, how come you and Mr Anti Democracy Lee didn’t say so weeks ago? You wasted Trump’s and the GOPs time stringing it along. I guess you heard that Murkowski was leaning Yes and Rand might flip too. It’s all a game folks. Wack a mole. They just wanna run out the clock until 2020. The Establishment is dead set we keep ObamaCare and will make sure it loses by just 1 or 2 votes to make it seem like they tried. All of them are a bunch of actors. We could of worked on other issues, sick of the charade


4 posted on 09/24/2017 9:18:09 AM PDT by Sign Petition to Arrest Comey
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To: Sign Petition to Arrest Comey

“The Establishment is dead set we keep ObamaCare and will make sure it loses by just 1 or 2 votes to make it seem like they tried.”

Yes, that’s always been the game. But having gone on record with their show-votes for repeal over the last several years, they’ve outed themselves.


5 posted on 09/24/2017 9:22:32 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#DrainTheSwamp #HeFights)
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To: Sign Petition to Arrest Comey

I think Cruz & Lee are doing this to wound POTUS, and ignoring what is best for America. I despise them.


6 posted on 09/24/2017 9:23:03 AM PDT by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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To: C19fan

This bill did not cut all of the onerous taxes. It just rearranged the deck chairs.


7 posted on 09/24/2017 9:24:58 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Sign Petition to Arrest Comey

Pretty good analysis of what goes on - SAD but true!


8 posted on 09/24/2017 9:32:03 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: C19fan

I agree with anther poster.

If Cruz was going to stand on some principles he would have taken this position publicly before McCain and others had already put the nails in its coffin.

When, post 2016, did Cruz decide to be Mr. go-along to get along with ANY “bi-partisan majority”?


9 posted on 09/24/2017 9:34:16 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: C19fan

Senator Ted Kaepernick.


10 posted on 09/24/2017 9:42:27 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: C19fan

the GOP-e makes tons and tons of money off of Obamacare while the country suffers. The first victim of Obamacare’s Death Panel is the R party, death by suicide.


11 posted on 09/24/2017 9:42:30 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Heart of Georgia

So Cruz and Lee are the “establishment” in your narrative?


12 posted on 09/24/2017 9:49:34 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: C19fan
For some reason Republicans (in name only) feel they need to propose an alternative healthcare scheme in place of the failed ObamaCare plan. The best start, easiest, and practical thing to do is REPEAL the Affordable Care Act with nothing attached (kind of like Prohibition). Then let the next Socialist run on proposing a new Plan and watch the public rejection. Socialized Medicine is a failed concept every time it is attempted. Congress critters (no matter their party affiliation) will do everything in their power to prevent an existing law from being repealed entirely thereby wasting the opportunity to screw it up even more.
13 posted on 09/24/2017 9:55:51 AM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: C19fan

Obamacare 4 All.


14 posted on 09/24/2017 10:22:18 AM PDT by conservative98
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Senator Rand Paul took the fire for this; now, Cruz comes out, not very original. I think the Pauls trip up on issues like this but, as mistaken as I think some of their libertarian principles are, they are their principles too. Cruz is just piggy-backing again.


15 posted on 09/24/2017 10:26:10 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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“Senator Ted Kaepernick.”

Made my day, that’s funny.


16 posted on 09/24/2017 10:27:25 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: Heart of Georgia

BUT the last several years the vote was for REPEAL. Not REPLACE.

Somewhere down the road in 2016 Trump added Replace.

Up until then . . . the GOP had said repeal and changing things like across state lines, no mandates etc. etc.

Apples & Oranges.


17 posted on 09/24/2017 10:56:53 AM PDT by Qwackertoo (Worst 8 years ever, First Affirmative Action President, I hope those who did this to us SUFFER MOST!)
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“BUT the last several years the vote was for REPEAL”

Right. And now they can’t get the very same repeal bill through .. and we’ve heard all the excuses.

So in 2017, many are saying it’s impossible and we have to start small. Can’t start small because there’s always someone to disagree with one or all of the many bills introduced.

I keep hoping — if we can hang in there — we might get back to repeal...but it looks less and less unlikely.


18 posted on 09/24/2017 11:15:33 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#DrainTheSwamp #HeFights)
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To: babble-on; Sign Petition to Arrest Comey

“So Cruz and Lee are the “establishment” in your narrative?”

I made a conscious effort not to comment on Cruz or Lee anywhere in my post and only commented on this statement (which I made sure to quote in my post):

“The Establishment is dead set we keep ObamaCare and will make sure it loses by just 1 or 2 votes to make it seem like they tried.”

I especially liked his ‘whack a mole’ comment. It’s a perfect visual for how the D.C. swampcritters play us.


19 posted on 09/24/2017 11:37:55 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#DrainTheSwamp #HeFights)
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To: dforest

You are missing the point. The point is that if Obamacare can survive until October 1st, 2017, it’s permanent. The senators know this. They don’t care because they have taxpayer-subsidized platinum plans. The suffering of the peasants will only worsen. That’s okay with them. From now on, as with all socialist medicine, they’ll run on lying platforms of trying to make failing healthcare a little less painful.

Cruz et al screwed us. No one should be surprised.


20 posted on 09/24/2017 12:45:36 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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