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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe right's latest outrage - the photo on the Obamacare website is of a FOREIGNER!!!11
Nurse! The smelling salts!
http://gawker.com/revealed-obamacare-websites-mystery-girl-is-not-a-u-1463580967
Since the October 1st launch of the Affordable Care Act website there has been no Frequently Asked Question more frequently asked than "who is that girl?"
Thanks to the intrepid shoe-leather work of the folks at ABC News, we finally have our answer: A married mother of one from Colombia who is not technically an American citizen.
Adriana (last name withheld by ABC), a permanent resident who has lived in the US for the past six years with her husband and (now) 21-month-old son, told the news outlet she never set out to be the face of American healthcare reform she just wanted some free family photos.
After reaching out to a "contact" at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Adriana was told the photoshoot would be arranged if she agreed to let the resulting portraits be used to promote Obamacare.
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The right's latest outrage - the photo on the Obamacare website is of a FOREIGNER!!!11 (Original Post)
nxylas
Dec 2013
OP
So a legal US permanent resident who works and, one assumes, pays taxes in the US...
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2013
#2
The right's view of immigrants rears its ugly head again. The fact that she is a LEGAL immigrant
pampango
Dec 2013
#3
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)1. She's kind of pretty....
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)2. So a legal US permanent resident who works and, one assumes, pays taxes in the US...
and presumably beneifts from the ACA as much as any citizen would. I'm not sure why this should be a problem for anyone.
nxylas
(6,440 posts)8. Because...because...
Um...BENGHAZI!
pampango
(24,692 posts)3. The right's view of immigrants rears its ugly head again. The fact that she is a LEGAL immigrant
immigrant is not the issue to them. The fact that she was born in the 'wrong' place is what matters to the right.
rucky
(35,211 posts)4. warning: super annoying pop-up video ad with no stop or close button, when you click the link
WTF, Gawker?
Laelth
(32,017 posts)5. Thanks for the warning. I will not be clicking that link. n/t
-Laelth
nxylas
(6,440 posts)7. Sorry about that
I have a popup blocker, and so didn't see it.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)6. A furriner?
BTW, those comments at the bottom of the article are priceless.