I’m sure you remember all the promises Republicans made, beginning in 2010 when Americans took them at their word and gave them control of the House.
Then came 2014. Republicans told us they couldn’t repeal Obamacare without control of the Senate. So we gave them control of the Senate.
Then came 2016. Republicans who already controlled both houses of Congress told us they couldn’t repeal Obamacare unless they controlled the White House. So we gave them the White House.
But it turned out Tuesday that Republicans, even with control of the Senate, couldn’t get their own party unified around this simple objective.
Three of them – all women – announced they opposed the idea of repealing Obamacare. Meet the Democrats masquerading as Republicans in the U.S. Senate:
My Take - And just who was surprised at their position? There's a raft of these types in the Senate and another good reason for term and age limits for all members of Congress and a repeal of the Seventeeth Amendment.
Then came 2014. Republicans told us they couldn’t repeal Obamacare without control of the Senate. So we gave them control of the Senate.
Then came 2016. Republicans who already controlled both houses of Congress told us they couldn’t repeal Obamacare unless they controlled the White House. So we gave them the White House.
But it turned out Tuesday that Republicans, even with control of the Senate, couldn’t get their own party unified around this simple objective.
Three of them – all women – announced they opposed the idea of repealing Obamacare. Meet the Democrats masquerading as Republicans in the U.S. Senate:
- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.;
- Susan Collins, R-Maine; and
- Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.
My Take - And just who was surprised at their position? There's a raft of these types in the Senate and another good reason for term and age limits for all members of Congress and a repeal of the Seventeeth Amendment.
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