Thug in chief
by digby
HuffPost Hill:
PETULANT BULLYING HAVING FAILED, TRUMP TURNS TO … … more petulant bullying. Marina Fang: “President Donald Trump used a lunch with Republican senators Wednesday to jokingly threaten vulnerable GOP lawmakers who have opposed recent Senate attempts at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. ‘The other night, I was very surprised when I heard a couple of my friends — my friends,’ Trump said, looking around at the senators in the room. ‘They really were — and are.’ ‘They might not be very much longer, but that’s OK,’ he added. Seated next to Trump at the lunch was Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), who is up for re-election next year. ‘This was the one we were worried about,’ Trump said, turning to Heller. ‘Look, he wants to remain a senator, doesn’t he?’ Heller laughed uncomfortably.
Truly nauseating:
President Trump threatened Sen. Dean Heller on health care. Heller was sitting next to him. https://t.co/z6IWJUYDZT via CNN’s Chris Cillizza pic.twitter.com/EgaorcWXcP— CNN (@CNN) July 19, 2017
In case you were wondering, the new CBO report on the bill Mitch McConnell is bringing up for a vote next week — the same bill that Obama vetoed in 2015:
”Thirty-two million fewer people would have health coverage, health insurance premiums would double and the insurance market would destabilize over the next 10 years under legislation the Senate may take up next week, according to a report the Congressional Budget Office published Wednesday…. About three-quarters of the country’s population would live in geographic areas with no health insurance providers by 2026, the report says.”
Sounds good. Cull the herd.
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