Bad bets
by digby
A lot of people bet that a Republican congress would be able to pass a bill to fulfill the number on promise they have made for the last seven years once they got a Republican president in the White House. But these people actually put money on it:
Basketball fans around the U.S. treated to prematurely-bought ads congratulating Republicans for repealing Obamacare https://t.co/voB1PTWfud pic.twitter.com/L6SaU6T4lJ— Deadspin (@Deadspin) March 25, 2017
They should have known better. The Freedom Caucus runs this country. Nothing gets done unless they want it done. And they wanted full repeal with nothing to replace it. That’s the deal.
The is the Freedom Caucus ad, by the way:
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