Mitt Romney and his ilk were once critics of the president. But now, when it suits them, they’re backing him again
One unlikely effect of Donald Trump being in office has been a rise in the reputation of more moderate Republicans. In 2012, when Mitt Romney was running for president, he seemed like the incarnation of monied interests – a man who would defend beyond all other principles the right of the American millionaire to be taxed at 13%. He was out of touch, and cynically motivat...
Month: September 2020
Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that President Trump is rushing to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg so he can repeal ObamaCare, formally known as the Affordable Ca...
Sen. Doug Jones: Health care is ‘being jeopardized’ by Trump, McConnell
On another Supreme Court seat being potentially filled by President Trump, Sen. Doug Jones brings up the topic of health care and how dismantling the Affordable Care Act 'jeopardizes' health care for millions: "Health care in this country is being
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Activists draw on successful defense of health care for energy in SCOTUS pressure campaign
Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible, talks with Rachel Maddow about the role of citizen political pressure in turning back the Republican effort to kill the Affordable Care Act, and how that same strategy can be applied to protecting Ruth
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Pelosi: Protect your children from what GOP is trying to do to Supreme Court
Speaker Pelosi on Senate Republicans: “They are on a path to undo the Affordable Care Act. They are on a path to undo a woman’s right to choose. And there are many more issues that relate to the LGBTQ movement. Clean air, clean water, pollution. They’re
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Pelosi: Republicans want to crush Obamacare, not Covid-19
“Many of these senators are looking at their next election,” says Speaker Pelosi on the fate of the Affordable Care Act amid the Supreme Court vacancy. “Women, people of color in their states will remember if they gave them a vote for their healthcare, or
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If the Supreme Court Ends Obamacare, Here’s What It Would Mean
The Affordable Care Act touches the lives of most Americans, and its abolition could have a significant effect on many millions more people than those who get their health coverage through it.
Without Ginsburg, Supreme Court Could Rule Three Ways on Obamacare
Why the Affordable Care Act may still be safe.