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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:37 PM Mar 2018

Sen. Hatch calls Affordable Care Act supporters 'stupid,' 'dumbass' people

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch didn't mince words when he spoke about Affordable Care Act supporters in a speech given Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute.

"We [...] finally did away with the individual mandate tax that was established under that wonderful bill called 'Obamacare.' Now, if you didn't catch on, I was being very sarcastic. That was the stupidest, dumbass bill that I've ever seen. Now, some of you may have loved it. If you do, you are one of the stupidest, dumbass people I've ever met. This was one-- and there are a lot of 'em up on Capitol Hill from time ," Hatch said.

Hatch called the individual mandate a regressive part of the tax code and "one of the great ironies of Obamacare."

Matt Whitlock, a spokesman for Senator Hatch's office, sent Fox 13 this statement: “The comments were obviously made in jest, but what’s not a joke is the harm Obamacare has caused for countless Utahns.”

The office of Mitt Romney, who is running to replace Hatch at the end of his term, declined to comment.

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http://fox13now.com/2018/03/01/sen-hatch-calls-affordable-care-act-supporters-stupid-dumbass-people/

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Sen. Hatch calls Affordable Care Act supporters 'stupid,' 'dumbass' people (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP

Shut up you fucking traitorous asshole Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #1

ACA at its highest approval ever...makes Hatch mad as a hatter. Fred Sanders Mar 2018 #3

The black man drove these racists insane. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #4

The shadow of that black man still hangs over them from healthcare to environment to gay Fred Sanders Mar 2018 #7

I'll second that. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #18

Could he please bring forward a few of those Utahns that have been sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #2

So Sorry His Senility Has Finally Become Apparent Me. Mar 2018 #5

Exactly! agingdem Mar 2018 #12

First thing I thought. old guy Mar 2018 #15

Baker Act this douchebag. Roland99 Mar 2018 #6

Yeah, I would expect Romney to stay silent because . . . peggysue2 Mar 2018 #8

Why do they do this? Cracklin Charlie Mar 2018 #9

Come 2019 we will have one less dumbass in the Senate. Sneederbunk Mar 2018 #10

Way past his best by sell date. Should have retired decades ago. Freethinker65 Mar 2018 #11

So he is badmouthing his possible successor in regards to the blueprint for the ACA... madinmaryland Mar 2018 #13

Fuck you Oral Hatch. roamer65 Mar 2018 #14

Hey Orrin, you remember why the individual mandate was in the ACA? gratuitous Mar 2018 #16

guess he is stupid too dsc Mar 2018 #17

I certainly feel like a dumbass for supporting the ACA mythology Mar 2018 #19

Not the first time. He called Democrats "idiots" last year: dalton99a Mar 2018 #20

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

1. Shut up you fucking traitorous asshole

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:38 PM

Mar 2018

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

3. ACA at its highest approval ever...makes Hatch mad as a hatter.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:41 PM

Mar 2018

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

4. The black man drove these racists insane.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:41 PM

Mar 2018

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

7. The shadow of that black man still hangs over them from healthcare to environment to gay

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:44 PM

Mar 2018

rights to voter suppression fights, etc.....President Obama's shadow is long; they hate the accomplishments....of a black man.

We are on the same page on that.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

18. I'll second that.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:54 PM

Mar 2018

God, he makes me sick!

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

2. Could he please bring forward a few of those Utahns that have been

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:41 PM

Mar 2018

grievously harmed?

Me.

(35,454 posts)

5. So Sorry His Senility Has Finally Become Apparent

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:42 PM

Mar 2018

agingdem

(7,850 posts)

12. Exactly!

Reply to Me. (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:24 PM

Mar 2018

I've noticed as I age (soon to be 70) that little thing in my head (filter) kind of disappears...Orin Hatch spend years perfecting his Mr. Civility persona...now we see the real Orin Hatch...a bigoted piece of garbage... remember Hatch's good friend in the senate was Ted Kennedy..when Hatch finally leaves this earth and comes face to face with his good friend I want Ted to kick Hatch's trump-loving white ass!

old guy

(3,283 posts)

15. First thing I thought.

Reply to Me. (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:28 PM

Mar 2018

It has been clear for some time that his mind is deteriorating and this is just further proof.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

6. Baker Act this douchebag.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:44 PM

Mar 2018

peggysue2

(10,829 posts)

8. Yeah, I would expect Romney to stay silent because . . .

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:45 PM

Mar 2018

Obamacare was modeled off of Romney's healthcare plan in Massachusetts.

The people benefitting from the program aren't stupid or a bunch of dumbasses. The Republicans hellbent on taking any and all healthcare away beyond catastrophic plans are the clueless, heartless ones.

Including Hatch. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Senator.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

9. Why do they do this?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:09 PM

Mar 2018

It shows only contempt for their constituents.

Sneederbunk

(14,291 posts)

10. Come 2019 we will have one less dumbass in the Senate.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:16 PM

Mar 2018

Freethinker65

(10,022 posts)

11. Way past his best by sell date. Should have retired decades ago.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:19 PM

Mar 2018

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)

13. So he is badmouthing his possible successor in regards to the blueprint for the ACA...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:24 PM

Mar 2018

"RomneyCare".

Moron.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

14. Fuck you Oral Hatch.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:25 PM

Mar 2018

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

16. Hey Orrin, you remember why the individual mandate was in the ACA?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:35 PM

Mar 2018

Because you and your corporate-enthralled buddies in the Republican party demanded that insurance companies stay in the health care business. Insurance companies don't contribute one positive thing to the delivery of health care, but you and your dollar-addicted cronies had an absolute hissy fit over insurance companies getting cut out of the process.

So, in exchange for leaving insurance companies in the loop, the ACA required that insurance policies had to actually cover something (that basic benefits package, including preventive care and annual check-ups), and that everyone had to participate, even able-bodied invincible young people who never make insurance claims. This was to widen the pool of participants, and lower costs for everyone. Of course, you and your spoiled brat ilk immediately began bad-mouthing the individual mandate you had forced on the bill, and advised young people that it would be cheaper to pay the penalty than to buy insurance that actually covered them.

Then, after all those attempts at sabotage, and holding your breath until you got your way, after all the gathering of testimony, after all the effort to make the ACA serve as many as possible at the lowest cost in spite of your monkey-wrenching of the bill, not a goddam one of you Republicans voted for the final package.

That makes you a cruel, greedy, short-sighted asshole, Orrin.

dsc

(52,162 posts)

17. guess he is stupid too

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:50 PM

Mar 2018

as he was for it before he was against it.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/feb/14/cenk-uygur/hatch-once-supported-individual-mandate-said-cenk-/

mythology

(9,527 posts)

19. I certainly feel like a dumbass for supporting the ACA

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:59 PM

Mar 2018

I mean what sort of idiot supports people having access to potentially life saving care?

dalton99a

(81,510 posts)

20. Not the first time. He called Democrats "idiots" last year:

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 04:06 AM

Mar 2018

Early last year, he said some of his Democratic colleagues who were seeking to stall the confirmation of some of President Trump’s executive branch nominees “ought to stop posturing and acting like idiots.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/02/sen-orrin-hatch-apologizes-for-calling-obamacare-supporters-dumbass-people/

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