People will die if the Republicans are successful in killing the ACA.
I lived through Watergate. I hated Nixon from the first day I had any coherent political consciousness. He should have gone to prison, and, arguably, Ford should have too for pardoning him. Since Agnew made his “nattering nabobs...” comment, I have despised the GOP.
Trump should be removed from office and sent to prison, along with Pence. McConnell belongs in the 8th circle of Hell (and yes, I know Dante only wrote of seven...). Ryan belongs there with him. They are covering up for Trump because Trump’s criminal activity is allowing them to do the unthinkable: pass tax cuts for the .5% of the wealthiest Americans by way of putting 20-25 million people off of healthcare. And they do not give a sh*t, at least about the 20-25 million they are medically endangering.
And that is the point here. Yes, Trump is abusing his power. Yes, Trump is doing everything he can to impede the investigation into his doings that all (or at least most) rational people can see as the obstruction it is. And most of us can see where it is going, factually speaking.
I am happy to see that 2 of the diaries now (Sat, 9:50 am, MDT) on the rec list are about the imminent killing of the ACA/Obamacare, most importantly, the Republican Senate moving toward killing Obamacare by way of McConnell’s stealthy, misrepresentative, lying tactics. The top diary right now talks about Chris Hayes’s discussion about how McConnell plans to slip the Republican medical coverage killing field bill into the senate bill at the last moment as an amendment.
Under the circumstances, attention on Trump’s Russia/Obstruction problems is a distraction. For the last week, every Dem interviewed on MSNBC between the beginning of Chris Hayes through the end of Lawrence O’Donnell said “it is all hands on deck” for resistance to the AHCA. I hate the leadership of the Democratic Party, but this time, at least, they are correct.
We can multi-task! All Senators must be informed that this bill is unacceptable. It is not enough to demand public hearings! The Dems can and should amend this sucker to death.
EDIT: 3:40 pm (MDT)
There is a new diary up about a CNN report that the Dems are discussing “shutting down” the Senate in order to force either the death of Trumpcare or at least an open discussion. It gives phone numbers for the Dems in the Senate! Call!!!
