‘This is unreal’: Senate GOP slammed for hiding ‘secret’ Obamacare repeal bill from the public
Earlier on Monday, Axios reported that although Senate Republicans are holding closed-door meetings to draft a healthcare bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, they won’t release it to the public.
In response, Twitter users are doing what they do best — tweeting their outrage and making jokes about the so-called “secret health care bill.”
“The Senate debated the Affordable Care Act for 80 days in 2009,” Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) tweeted. “The Republican health plan? STILL secret.”
“I admit being kind of stunned that the US Senate healthcare bill is a SECRET,” Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay wrote. “American Constitution actually allows? Asking for a Canadian.”
Others, like Google web designer Kevin Fox, struck a more humorous tone.
“Maybe Russian hackers can get and release a copy of the GOP’s secret healthcare bill…,” Fox tweeted.
Read the best reactions to the GOP’s “secret health care bill” below.
Think of it less as a “secret health care bill” and more of a fun surprise party.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 12, 2017
GOP Senate drafting health care bill in secret. Why? Because it takes health care from millions & bankrupts more. All to give rich a tax cut
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) June 10, 2017
It’s Monday. Republican health bill is being written in secret. Two weeks from hitting Senate floor.
ADVERTISEMENT— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) June 12, 2017
This is *unreal*. Senate has a bill but won’t show the public. They’re going to *send their secret bill* to the CBO https://t.co/2SETQHwuX1
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 12, 2017
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Same people who accused Dems of “ramming through” ACA in *14* months now crafting bill in secret, afraid people might see the details. https://t.co/yNSFPSKQ2w
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) June 12, 2017
When Americans read that Senate GOP won’t publicly release the health care bill they’re writing in secret with no public input or hearings pic.twitter.com/DBW6Obs1U2
— Ways and Means Dems (@WaysMeansCmte) June 12, 2017
GOP: we have a health care bill
EVERYONE: we wanna see it
GOP: …um it’s a secret and that’s how we do it now lol right
EVERYONE: pic.twitter.com/PuJGjuCSUYADVERTISEMENT— nadia osman (@msnadiaosman) June 12, 2017
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Fox News writer: Harvard reject was just ‘espousing conservatism’ when he used the N-word 11 times
Michael Knowles argued for Fox News this week that Kyle Kashuv was only "espousing conservatism" when he was rejected by Harvard for using the N-word at least 11 times and calling to "kill all the f*cking Jews."
In an op-ed on the Foxnews.com website, Knowles asserted that Kashuv is being singled out by Harvard because he has conservative views.
"The cruel irony is that, while there is no evidence that Kyle Kashuv harbors any actual racial bigotry, there is plenty of evidence that Harvard does," Knowles wrote. "Plaintiffs in a major racial discrimination lawsuit against the university introduced evidence last year demonstrating that Harvard systematically disadvantages Asian-American applicants."
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Trump’s acting Pentagon chief abruptly resigns after FBI investigation delays his Senate confirmation hearing
President Donald Trump's acting defense secretary abruptly resigned after an FBI investigation further delayed his confirmation hearings.
Patrick Shanahan has headed the Department of Defense since January, after James Mattis resigned, but the Pentagon has been fielding questions from the media about his personal life -- including accusations of abuse from his ex-wife, who was also arrested as part of a domestic dispute.
"Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family," Trump tweeted.
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Lock him up? Democrats are pushing prosecution for Trump — but those calls alarm some law enforcement vets
President Donald Trump -- whose rallies are still punctuated with "lock her up" chants" -- may face turnabout from his Democratic rivals.
Some Democratic candidates are openly threatening Trump with prosecution once he's out of office, and those taunts are alarming to some law enforcement veterans, reported Politico.
“Presidents aren’t supposed to suggest there be investigations or prosecutions of particular people, let alone their political rivals,” said Matt Axelrod, a former Justice Department senior official under Obama. “President Trump has flagrantly and repeatedly violated that norm, but that doesn’t mean the norm has been obliterated.”
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Fox News writer: Harvard reject was just ‘espousing conservatism’ when he used the N-word 11 times
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