Idaho Rep Raul Labrador is the latest GOP representative to face a town hall packed with angry constituents in his home state. At a town hall meeting held on the morning of May 5th Labrador held a town hall meeting at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston and faced many tough questions one particular question and answer are catching the most attention however.
After a woman suggested that the lack of health care was essentially asking people to die, Labrador had a controversial answer at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston.
“That line is so indefensible,” Labrador said. “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care.”
*emphasis mine*
Labrador is a member of the House Freedom Caucus and voted in favor of the AHCA pushed through the House by the GOP this week. This is not the first time Labrador has caused controversy with comments about health care. At a town hall in Meridian in April a woman asked Labrador if he believed health care was a right, to which Labrador replied no.
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