FOX Conundrum - Many of the people that will lose Healthcare are also their Viewers

[Jimbo101]

Daily Kos

Vox

Simple Solution - Blame the CBO for saying so.

Many of those who stand to lose insurance live in states that voted heavily for Trump. The bill hurts a host of demographic groups that support Trump — including older Americans, those who live in more rural areas, and areas suffering most from the opioid crisis.

The CBO scores get at the heart of these fears.

So the injection of these numbers into the AHCA debate caused a dissonance on several Fox News shows. When Fox & Friends had to confront these numbers, the reaction was to minimize the CBO analysis. For example, in March, after the first CBO report, Kilmeade acknowledged that Trump voters would be hurt but assured them this was part of a larger plan:

They say the people that are going to be hurt most under the current plan, the way the calculus is done by the CBO, are Americans between the age of 50 and 64. Right before Medicare, the older part and last leg of their career. That translates into mostly Trump voters.

But then you factor in the fact that this is a three-phase plan. The second phase is when [Health and Human Services Secretary] Tom Price is supposed to theoretically sit there and put in regulations that’ll make this more of a conservative project.

Host Ainsley Earhardt questioned the CBO, saying:

Here’s the thing. Donald Trump says the Democrats are the ones that put us in this mess. They are complaining about this.

Can you really trust the CBO? Can you trust the report?

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Yup!!!

But Donnie told them they could get free Health Care at the ER room. Talk about blissful ignorance. Geesh.

[Turbineguy]

2. Tht's no conundrum.

The conundrum is how to fill out their ballots after they are dead.

[lpbk2713]

3. They'll just say blame it on the black guy.

As they have been doing for over eight years.