NEW: sr White House official tells me they are adding women to the 13- person, all-male working group in Senate on healthcare bill– @cnn
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) May 9, 2017
@ElizLanders addressing substance TK
— Jared Rizzi (@JaredRizzi) May 9, 2017
The White House is adding people to a Senate working group? https://t.co/Bselldm16R
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) May 9, 2017
I too hope we can turf Lord Smallgloves and all his minions out of the Oval Office soonest, but somehow I misdoubt his GOP co-conspirators in the Senate will let the new turmoil distract them from their real mission: Funneling every penny from us non-white, non-male, not-rich non-Republicans to their plutocratic masters…
Do Congressional Republicans have a political deathwish? https://t.co/Ap3fBNNQaQ
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) May 9, 2017
Sen. Hatch on the public and health care: "Once you get them on the dole, they'll take every dime they can" https://t.co/faTmOgV3m3 pic.twitter.com/JJQ3I77xOv
— CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2017
Says a man who's been on the public health care dole for FORTY YEARS. https://t.co/J5PIuc8nlb
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) May 9, 2017
amk
watch the wretched & corrupt msm spin this as gopee’s bipartisanship.
hovercraft
Why? I mean doesn’t father know best? Don’t most men make all the medical decisions in their homes, especially when were talking about a bunch of septuagenarian and octogenarian white men, we need their sage advice to keep aspirin between our knees. Adding women who will just try to insert extraneous crap like health into what is really a fiscal and free will conversation.
Villago Delenda Est
The GOP is now the party of outright treason. The taint is on them all.
amk
k
Now, hold on for just a second here. Hatch hasn’t been on the public health care dole for 40 years — he gets insurance through his employer. Oh, never mind.
gene108
Wealthy, old white men know what’s best…it’s a founding belief of our country…
sukabi
Saw Hatch’s tweet earlier today, sans context, and thought for a minute he’d had a stroke or something, because once the wealthy and corporate moochers get their hands on tax dollars they just want more, more, more.
opiejeanne
Huh. Are they adding actual women senators to the group or just some random women from the White House claque?
Ian
I saw Orrin Hatch speak in the late 90s, and I thought he was a deranged unhinged paranoid rightwing hack back then. The idea that he represents “moderate” republicans tells the story of why our political process is fucked.
ThresherK
@opiejeanne: I forget the name, but the WV senator is on the panel, I believe.
SiubhanDuinne
@ThresherK:
Shelley Moore Capito?
El Caganer
How many women are they adding? Binders full of them?
low-tech cyclist
The notion that publicly funded health care is “the dole” is not just abhorrent, but ridiculous. Health care is not a Cadillac or a T-bone steak: you only partake of it because you need to, not because it’s something you’ll enjoy.
I know this has become a right-wing talking point, but how anyone with an IQ above the freezing point gives it the least bit of credence is beyond me.
Ohio Mom
@low-tech cyclist: They really don’t get the part about “the general welfare.”
manyakitty
@opiejeanne: Jared in drag, maybe?
Aleta
Welcome ladies. Can we have you sit over there, that’s wonderful. And you two, one on either side of him. Good. You now, let’s have you more in front. And you’re looking at the papers in his hand. Beautiful. And just a little smile now. A little less smile…. OK now, a little more than that.
OK, good work girls. Fantastic. We’ll be putting it out ahead of the vote this time.