will have the guts to stand up against the traitor-in-chief?

GOP = gutless

Trump is the man shooting out the broken window with his bump stock AR-15 and we are the helpless crowd below.

every day than the Las Vegas shooter did in one.

Is there any other western democracy that is actively trying to kill its citizens like Trump's Amerika?

"Yew were jes' s'posed ta do it to th'libruhls!

Not us REAL MURICANS!!

Trump is just carrying out their promise.

and make sure the Maniac can't make any of these psychotic rantings ever become actual policy.

Mitch McConnell owns this trend, he refused to do any actual work and forcing President Obama to make Exec. Orders to get anything done and now, like everyone predicted, it is coming back to bite every one in the ass. The Rethugs OWN all of this.

and letting Americans suffer, they have this thing about right and privilege. They can go to hell.

No reasonably intelligent person thought Trump would improve the health insurance system.

If so, that's why she feels she can speak out.

And yeah, her constituents--many of whom no doubt voted for the asshole--are going to suffer along with the rest of us.

They probably thought he would only screw over brown people.

We know how to fix this. Vote out every last one of you pricks and salt the ground that hatched you.

YOU OWN DONNIE SHORT FINGERS!!!

Fuck your day late dollar short conscious

She announced it months ago. Many Democrats have lined up to pursue the seat, which covers the Miami area.

If not for the retirement, there is no way she would have made a statement that bold. Unfortunately the only Republican truths are coming from members like that, the Corkers...

Hard to believe TheHill.com left out the aspect about pending retirement.

Wouldn't that be something if they turned Florida blue?

She's leaving the GOP death cult and can speak freely now.

Do something. Especially if you have an R after your name.

Watch what he DOES.

Turn Florida blue again

I am glad people are speaking out, but have to say...really? Trump was going to make healthcare cheaper, more accessible, and better for more Americans? In what fantasy land was he going to do this without using massive government power to bring the prices down, enforce higher standards of care, and grant people access?

There is NO MARKET SOLUTION to healthcare because healthcare is not a consumer good, it is a necessity of modern life. You can make it in many places without a car, without a smartphone, without a computer, etc... Those are products that have become very important but they are not necessities. Everyone needs healthcare at some point, and to make healthcare a commodity that operates on a profit motive is ridiculous.

Healthcare is a complicated service because people's incentives to use healthcare are not based on a rational process. We need it when we need it and often when we don't, we can't be bothered to think about it. Even when we need it sometimes we put it off until it becomes an emergency. We need to invest in more education about healthcare and make it truly affordable with universal access. We need to promote better nutrition, less stress, and more active lifestyles. It is going to take legislation and a cultural shift that is going to be a lot of heavy lifting that the free market has no incentive or desire to promote because there is no real gain for them.

Anyone who believed that Trump was going to deliver better, more affordable, and more accessible healthcare than what we have with the ACA, without going the single payer or universal coverage route is plain and simply ... stupid.

We knew Repugs would stand by their man, no matter WTF he did, as long as it didn't hurt them politically. McCain, Corker and Dent are retiring, so are free to state the truth - the emperor has no clothes. I haven't heard, however, that either Sasse or Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), are retiring, so both of their anti-Drumpf comments are very significant. It's the first time any Repug who plans to stay in office has come out against him since he took office. Wonder if Collins is going to back down and get more onboard with his health plan killing now that she has decided to stay in the Senate?

I want the drip, drip to turn into a steady flow of condemnation, it's exactly what he's earned.

There was another thread I saw stating she'd decided to stay in the Senate? Is that not accurate?

She was thinking about running for governor of Maine, but she's staying in the Senate.

he was put in place. You all backed him anyway. The GOP is corrupt.

discussing her book. Don't know if was previously taped. Anyhow, she said something to this effect: *DLT speaks to peoples' fantasies.*

If that ain't it, man.😮 Hit the nail.

The actual quote is in her book, I surmise.
Which I won't purchase.

that's why she doesn't have the shackles on anymore.

I see a pattern emerging...

The whole damned republican party says one thing then does the exact opposite.

Then they have their minions in hate radio, fox news and Putin's internet army blame it all on the democrats!

who will speak out against the moron are those leaving or outside of WDC. Anyhow, one shouldn't expect better from the party of GWB.

Nada.

Another Republican enabler !!!

YOU CREATED THIS FUCKING MONSTER, YOU FUCKING *OWN* HIM

...Repugs out of office. She knew damn well this was how it would be. If she didn't, she'd too dumb to hold office.

Starting with the ACA itself, which she voted 'NO' on, she has voted with consumers 10% of the time. 18/20 of her votes on healthcare legislation have been against consumers. Her voting record is atrocious and an absolute disgrace when it comes to healthcare. Look no further than all the times she voted to repeal all or parts of the ACA. She has zero credibility to speak out about anything related to healthcare when she blew 90% of her opportunities to do the right thing.

Check out this phenomenal website to see for yourself how she and all others have voted when it comes to healthcare.

https://www.healthreformvotes.org/congress/400344

Unfortunately she remained popular enough due to energy and high profile opportunism. She always knows when to get into the news and feign concern.

This is no different, I'm sure. She may have eyes on a different office, or some say in picking her successor.

I do a really great clucking-squawking chicken imitation. I find I'm doing that a lot whenever I see some of these Congressional or Senate or gubernatorial CONS flapping around on TV making all kinds of flabby, anemic excuses about why they still feel they need to support trump.

Not a backbone in the bunch. And ol' Ileana is only speaking up because she isn't seeking reelection and she thinks she can afford to color outside the lines for once. They only find their spines when they think the coast is clear. If they were running for reelection they'd all have their presidential kneepads strapped on and then laminated in place.