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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Republican Tells An Outrageous Lie Blaming Dems For GOP Refusal To Fund Childrens Health Care
http://www.politicususa.com/2018/01/02/house-republican-tells-outrageous-lie-blaming-democrats-gop-refusal-fund-childrens-health-care.htmlHouse Republican Tells An Outrageous Lie Blaming Democrats For GOP Refusal To Fund Childrens Health Care
By Jason Easley on Tue, Jan 2nd, 2018 at 10:59 am
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) falsely blamed Senate Democrats for his own partys refusal to fund the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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Rep. Cole was asked on CNNs New Day why Republicans havent reauthorized CHIP.
He answered, Youre going to have to ask the Senate for that. Look, their rules that they adopt that make it very difficult to move it forward, and they have to move forward in a bipartisan way, and I respect that. Its up to them, but just get the job done, pass a bill. Part of this was everybody was so focused on tax reform, and we get the importance of day-to-day governance. We passed it through the House, and it will be a different bill out of the Senate, and you sit down and make a deal. Its not that hard.
Tom Cole was not telling the truth. Democrats oppose the House Republican CHIP bill because it pays for childrens health insurance by taking healthcare away from 700,000 people.
Coles point about Democrats in the Senate holding up the bill was also false. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) admitted during the Senate debate on the tax cuts for the rich that Republicans dont want to fund to CHIP because the country cant afford it after the tax cuts, [L]et me tell you something: were going to do CHIP. Theres no question about it in my mind. Its got to be done the right way. But we, the reason CHIPs having trouble is because we dont have money anymore.
Republicans dont want to pay for poor children to have healthcare. If the GOP strategy to survive the midterms is to blame Democrats for their own failure to govern, Republicans are in bigger trouble than anyone realized.
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House Republican Tells An Outrageous Lie Blaming Dems For GOP Refusal To Fund Childrens Health Care (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jan 2018
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maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)1. They've learned Trump's lesson well.
There are no consequences for lying unless you're a Democrat. Republicans just get more power.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)2. They are nothing more than a crime family, sociopaths.
Blaming others for their crimes is a well know strategy of con artists.
Orrex
(63,215 posts)3. The media will repeat this lie, and the idiot racist fuckhead base will believe it.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)4. Tom Cole is a POS.