Sen. Pat Roberts apologizes for 'mammogram' line
Source: CNN
Updated 2:54 PM ET, Thu March 23, 2017
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Republicans are considering scrapping 10 "essential benefits" in their repeal of Obamacare
Sen. Pat Roberts' description of why those benefits weren't essential landed him in hot water
(CNN)Sen. Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, apologized Thursday afternoon for making an apparent joke about mammograms related to what features are or are not included in Republicans' plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
"I deeply regret my comments on such an important topic," Roberts said in a statement. "I know several individuals whose lives have been saved by mammograms, and I recognize how essential they are to women's health. I never intended to indicate otherwise, and I apologize for my comments."
Roberts, who's known for employing a dry sense of humor, told a Talking Points Memo reporter earlier in the day: "I wouldn't want to lose my mammograms." ........................
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/pat-roberts-apology-mammogram/index.html
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Anita Creamer?Verified account @AnitaCreamer 4h4 hours ago
@AliceOllstein Apparently, Sen. Roberts has no female constituents -- nor does he realize that men can get breast cancer.
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JCT? @jct_ucb 4h4 hours ago
@AnitaCreamer @joannesmoot @AliceOllstein Too bad for him that breast cancer in men is not a joke. Mammos in men are imp for diagnosis
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Elizabeth? @RegulatoryHell 4h4 hours ago
@jct_ucb @AnitaCreamer @joannesmoot @AliceOllstein Not to mention men w/breast cancer have worse outcomes & limited treatment options.
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Julie=EveryWoman? @TruthEqualsFact 4h4 hours ago
@RegulatoryHell @carmenvellon @jct_ucb @AnitaCreamer @joannesmoot @AliceOllstein It's the only time dicks care, when it's all about them.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)Then again, no one could ever accuse Roberts of representing Kansas in any way at all.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)and in Kansas collective memory it is probably already forgotten
question everything
(47,534 posts)paleotn
(17,956 posts)...she's experienced in castrating pigs. Hell, she grew up doing it.
LiberalFighter
(51,084 posts)still_one
(92,394 posts)Penn Voter
(247 posts)sick joke from one of our Republican leaders. How low can this party go. I guess they have no depth!
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)That old fuck doesn't even have a LEGAL residence in Kansas yet can be a Senator. He owns a rental home that is yes....RENTED. He claims that qualifies. Total BS. He about got his ass BEAT in his last election. Something he hasn't seen since being in office a hundred years now.
"Roberts's office responded to the story late Friday afternoon, calling it "so far from reality that Kansans wont believe it." But it did not dispute the basic facts laid out in the piece: That the home Roberts owns in Dodge City has a tenant and that he pays rent at another residence where he stays when in Dodge City."
"Senator Roberts long has owned a home in Dodge City. It currently has a tenant; he also pays rent at a residence where he stays when he is in Dodge City. He pays Kansas state tax and property tax. His three children attended college in Kansas. He is a Kansan. He lives in Dodge City by every measure of residency," said Roberts spokeswoman Sarah Little in a memo to reporters."
Warpy
(111,339 posts)That's what these smug SOBs think in their heart of hearts, that women can be covered for the diseases men get but anything else is somehow "unearned" or "extra" or, dare we say it, "frivolous."
Men like this belong in powerless, smoky groups in home basement bars, trying to puzzle out what women want without ever asking one.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)It is a disease.
Turbineguy
(37,365 posts)LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Dry? How about arid, sterile, colorless, uninspiring, parched, dried up, dull, drab I could go on...
tenorly
(2,037 posts)Being that he's such a boob.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)Trademark Rethuglican Non-Apology.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Pays for his viagra.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)Stupid-ass member of the Reptile Party.
Lars39
(26,116 posts)Let's see how contrite and happy that would make him.
Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)JudyM
(29,274 posts)Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)And men. They get breast cancer too. They also are less likely to survive.
JudyM
(29,274 posts)Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)I know firsthand what cancer is like and I know how hard it is on our loved ones.
One of the reasons his comment ticked me off. Mammograms save lives.
JudyM
(29,274 posts)misogynistic. Sad, typical authoritarian/conservative...
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)My husband had to have a mammogram years ago. Thank god it was negative but men CAN get breast cancer...
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)tanyev
(42,610 posts)what's much more common is that a household buying health insurance has at least one woman of mammogram age who is covered by that insurance. I wonder if Mrs. Roberts called up Pat and chewed him out properly.
LudwigPastorius
(9,170 posts)Sometimes the mask slips away.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)Raw Story?Verified account @RawStory 34m34 minutes ago
What a goddamn a**hole: Internet slams GOP senator who joked about Trumpcare cutting mammogram coverage http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/what-a-goddamn-ahole-internet-slams-gop-senator-who-joked-about-trumpcare-cutting-mammogram-coverage/
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What a goddamn a**hole: Internet slams GOP senator who joked about Trumpcare cutting mammogram coverage
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)You know what to do here. Reward this motherfucker by taking away his job and in turn, his health insurance. Hell yes we're keeping score.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)the fucking asshole conservative pieces of SHIT make me SICK
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)any Doctor they want and the very best screening for cancer- ultra sound, MRIs. Dental care, vision care fully covered.
If that old Senator has a knee problem bet he doesn't have to limp around for years with an 'insurance provided' knee brace.