Of course I was outraged by Rep. Roy Blunt’s ‘monkey joke’ at the Value Voters Summit last Friday. But then I watched the rest of his speech, which hasn’t received much attention yet. It’s even worse.
Don’t believe me?
After the monkey joke, Blunt proclaims in his speech that he’s opposed to any government reform of healthcare, no matter what – "even if it really worked," he says.
You read that right. He’s against it even if it provides quality, affordable healthcare to all Americans. Is there any other way to interpret "if it really worked"?
This is the most open and direct statement by any Republican I’ve seen yet opposing even PERFECT healthcare reform.
Why would anyone be against that? Especially since Blunt himself admits he is alive today only because of government healthcare?
And then he followed that up by insisting that he’s proudly in favor of, of all things, discrimination.
I know. What? Why the hell – ?
The head-spinning answers and Blunt’s actual quotes below the fold:
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