American Politics Thread: Orange is the new POTUS

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

That's still the issue though. A heck of a lot of middle America are sick and tired of California and New York telling them what to do and don't identify with those states. I really think the Democrats need some dynamic voice from somewhere else.

Wait, what? They just voted for Donald ####ing Trump, born and raised in New York.

[nik-]

Issues aren't issues when they're dressed in red.

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by New Era

Wait, what? They just voted for Donald ####ing Trump, born and raised in New York.

Trump is from New York but he certainly doesn't display New York politics.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

That's still the issue though. A heck of a lot of middle America are sick and tired of California and New York telling them what to do and don't identify with those states. I really think the Democrats need some dynamic voice from somewhere else.

Obviously thats why they voted in a New Yorker over a (ugh) New Yorker

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

Trump is from New York but he certainly doesn't display New York politics.

Sure he does. He's a Gordon Gecko Republican.

[rubecube]

Republicans have updated the ACHA FAQ section to remove their previous promise regarding preexisting conditions. #DemsAreJustAsBad

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/statu...61718262603776

[KootenayFlamesFan]

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/8...699841/photo/1

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/8...699841/photo/1

If this bill leads to a 0.1% increase in mortality...think about how many people this bill has killed.

[Lanny_McDonald]

This bill will kill more people than Cecil B. DeMille.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear

If this bill leads to a 0.1% increase in mortality...think about how many people this bill has killed.

According to this report from the CDC, 2.71 million Americans died in 2015: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db267.htm


0.1% of that is basically the number of people who died in the 9/11 attacks.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

Trump is from New York but he certainly doesn't display New York politics.

Which politics does he display?

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by New Era

Wait, what? They just voted for Donald ####ing Trump, born and raised in New York.

Trump lost New York by 23% to Clinton in the election. New York City itself has hated Trump for decades.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

Trump lost New York by 23% to Clinton in the election. New York City itself has hated Trump for decades.

Yeah, but that's only because they know him so well.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

Trump lost New York by 23% to Clinton in the election. New York City itself has hated Trump for decades.

That point is irrelevant. The suggestion was that "real Americans" wouldn't vote for anyone from California or New York. Trump is proof that is wrong. You say the right ####, people in red states will vote for a Russian. Oh, wait...

[Kybosh]

To be honest, the initial "suggestion" was a brain fart....

I had two thoughts going at once and screwed it up.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

To be honest, the initial "suggestion" was a brain fart....

I had two thoughts going at once and screwed it up.

No problem. Just light a match next time.

[DuffMan]

Making America great again.

With this weekend’s trip to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump will have spent eight of his 16 weekends as president away from Washington, and will have visited various Trump Inc. sites 30 different times since the inauguration.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...minster-238045

[FlameOn]

GOP Congressman claims that no one ever died from lack of health care. What a bunch of ignorant and delusional hacks.

Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) drew intense jeers at a town hall Friday when he defended the GOP’s ObamaCare repeal plan by claiming nobody dies due to lack of access to health care.

One day after the House passed the American Health Care Act, Labrador faced off with constituents at a town hall at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, according to the Idaho Statesman.

One woman stood up and said the GOP bill, which makes major cuts to Medicaid, was essentially telling people to die.
“That line is so indefensible,” Labrador shot back. “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care.”

His response immediately drew boos and quickly drew attention on social media.

Labrador was similarly criticized at another town hall last month, when he said healthcare is not a "basic human right."

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare...-to-healthcare

[Senator Clay Davis]

I'm kind of in awe of the arrogance it takes to say something like that, but it mostly shows how many GOPers feel they are basically invincible because of gerrymandering. Also, obligatory "these are the guys who make up the allegedly pro-life party".

[photon]

That quote is going to follow that guy around forever.

Though strictly speaking he's right, people die because they can't afford to pay for the health care that they have access to as long as they pay for it.