General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThoughts and prayers
David Beard @dabeard 10m10 minutes agoDemocratic members of Congress pray for GOP colleagues after shooting http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/337719-dem-baseball-team-praying-for-colleagues-after-shooting
Nanette D. Barragán @RepBarragan
At baseball practice, hearing about the unthinkable horrific news. Practice shut down. Dems join-in prayer for our R colleagues & those hit. 8:02 AM - 14 Jun 2017
ExciteBike66
(2,374 posts)Jesus obviously wanted Rep. Scalise shot, else it would not have happened...
Tanuki
(14,921 posts)I hope he has a speedy recovery. He is fortunate to have an excellent healthcare plan, which will no doubt help. I am not going to overlook the irony of the fact that he has done everything in his power to strip similar care from tens of millions of his fellow Americans.
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_d1db1dc6-162e-11e7-836f-cf0049b57388.html
"...We need to stay focused on the main objective and that is to get a bill to President Trump's desk that he can sign that will gut Obamacare and replace it with reforms at lower costs," Scalise said in an interview with The Advocate nearly a week after the American Health Care Act that he had pushed was shelved for lack of support.
Democrats were united in their opposition to the AHCA. It would end the individual mandate requiring coverage, give tax credits to people who dont receive health benefits from an employer or the government, eliminate the list of services that must be covered and scale back Medicaid, among other actions in President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
........
"This is a bill where every liberal is against us," Scalise said. "Clearly, this bill guts Obamacare."
Scalise had become one of the legislation's chief defenders as he made the rounds on cable news shows, promising a do-or-die moment for the effort to repeal Obamacare when it reached the House floor. He held multiple meetings in the White House with Trump and various groups of House Republicans.".....
TheBlackAdder
(28,216 posts).
It's nice to see others step up to the plate, but I won't join them.
Folks who want AR-15s and AK-47s distributed, mental health restrictions and silencers relaxed, are contributors to their own injuries.
.