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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Mar 13, 2017, 11:02 AM Mar 2017

Issa Says He's 'Not Prepared' To Support GOP Repeal Bill

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/darrell-issa-not-prepared-to-support-gop-repeal-bill

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Issa Says He's 'Not Prepared' To Support GOP Repeal Bill (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2017 OP

Gee, Issa C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #1

I think that's his way of signaling that he wants TheDebbieDee Mar 2017 #2

He had a couple of interesting town meetings over the weekend. hedda_foil Mar 2017 #3

His district has grown restless dalton99a Mar 2017 #4

3/9/17 "Judged dissmisses Issa's $10M defamation suit ag opponent Doug Applegate" stuffmatters Mar 2017 #5

C_U_L8R

(45,012 posts)

1. Gee, Issa

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 11:21 AM

Mar 2017

Ya think killing off constituents might be bad policy???

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)

2. I think that's his way of signaling that he wants

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 11:41 AM

Mar 2017

A bigger bribe...

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)

3. He had a couple of interesting town meetings over the weekend.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 11:52 AM

Mar 2017

From your link:

Protesters confronted Issa at a pair of back-to-back town halls he held over the weekend, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. More than 100 people gathered outside the auditorium where Issa held one event, and many were concerned about Republicans' proposal to replace Obamacare.

Issa broke with President Donald Trump's administration by expressing interest in the budget number associated with the repeal bill.

Over the weekend, White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn and Trump's budget chief Mick Mulvaney joined congressional Republicans in preemptively criticizing the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office's analysis of what the repeal bill would cost and how many people would lose coverage if it passes.

The CBO is expected to issue its report on the House GOP's health care bill as early as Monday.

dalton99a

(81,541 posts)

4. His district has grown restless

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:22 PM

Mar 2017

stuffmatters

(2,574 posts)

5. 3/9/17 "Judged dissmisses Issa's $10M defamation suit ag opponent Doug Applegate"

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 06:11 PM

Mar 2017

3/10/17 The Judge further doubled down on abject dismissal of Issa's Trumpesque suit against Applegate by hitting Issa with a Anti Slapp decree too. Issa's "defamation" claimed Applegate wrongfully advertised that Issa voted against the 911 Responders Bill and also that Issa has profited from his terms in Congress.The Judge pronounced both of Applegate's ads against Issa simply true...that Issa both voted ag the 911 Responders AND has increased his wealth while in Congress.

Here's a link that diva77 was kind enough to provided yesterday(Sun) about the dismissal and the Anti Slapp decree:
https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2017/03/10 judge-strikes-down-issas-10m-lawsuit-against-doug-applegate/

The La Jolla Light on Thurs also had more words from this Judge about the basis of his dismissal.. delicious reading.

Overall for Darrell Issa this Thurs through Sunday in March made for a pretty "stressful" long weekend. Issa found in the Town Halls that he can no longer remain deaf to his very diverse and activated constituents(in a district he won with only 1600 votes) or from the failure of his "Trumpesque" judicial weaponizing that he cannot intimidate his opponent(Applegate is running again) away by waging fabulously expensive lawsuits.

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