GOP rep's ObamaCare Twitter poll backfires

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Source: theHill





By Brooke Seipel - 01/04/17 01:15 PM

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday posted a poll on Twitter to get feedback on Republicans' proposed ObamaCare repeal. As it turns out, though, a majority of Twitter users who voted recommended keeping the healthcare law in place.

While Blackburn might have expected to hear only from her Tennessee district — which handily reelected her in November — she soon found the poll swamped with votes opposed to an ObamaCare repeal.

The poll from Blackburn, a member of President-elect Trump's transition team, received 7,968 votes, with 84 percent opposing a repeal of ObamaCare. The repeal opponents' side was likely helped by a retweet from White House spokesman Eric Schultz. ...................................




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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/312674-gop-reps-twitter-poll-doesnt-go-as-planned

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[putitinD]

1. Marsha Blackburn is one HATEFUL woman, I can't stand to watch her.

[lastlib]

18. Not to mention she's a blithering idiot...!

There's a reason they don't let her play with subatomic particles........ . .

[ffr]

2. I thank Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, & Harry Reid for my ACA plan

If not for their hard work, health insurance would probably be too expensive for me to afford.

[Bigredhunk]

12. -

Agreed

[elleng]

3. Couldn't happen to a more deserving fool.

[japple]

4. So, Marsha, how are you going to vote? For the wishes of your constituents

or your own personal bias?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Everytime they have done this sort of thing

they get the same result - i.e., the bubble they live in gets popped. They never learn.

[not fooled]

6. Curious

Was this poll ended early because Ms. Blackheart didn't like the results??

[keithbvadu2]

7. Any change makes it "Trumpcare". They will own it.

[groundloop]

11. Sure - they'll 'own' it, they'll take the heat, but we'll still be the ones getting fucked.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Yep! and they will make many, many excuses.... It will still be 'Trumpcare'.

[lastlib]

19. I prefer to call it GOPeeDon'tCare........

Their plan: 1) Don't get sick; 2) If you do, die quickly.

[packman]

8. Can't stand her and her phony smile

[TheLibIn615]

16. She looks like

she's getting approached by an axe-wielding kitten riding a baby pig and doesn't know whether to squeal and pet it or scream and run away.

[Garion_55]

9. lol

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[Fast Walker 52]

15. indeed!

[CurtEastPoint]

10. Ignorant vapid silly woman. Miss Image Consultant...really!

[progressoid]

17. Holy shit!

I had no idea. : facepalm:

[CurtEastPoint]

20. o jesus.........she still owns that business:

Blackburn's professional career began in 1973 when she was hired as a sales manager for Times Mirror, Inc. In 1975 she was named Director of Retail Fashion and Special Events of the Castner Knott Division of Mercantile Stores, Inc. She held this position until 1978, when she became the owner of Marketing Strategies, a promotion-event management and image consulting firm. She continues to run this business.[6]

[not fooled]

21. Unsurprising

Ms. Image Consultant--all smoke and mirrors. PR expertise to fool the gullible and con them into supporting these sociopaths.

[Fast Walker 52]

14. that is so sweet-- this congress is going to have a fucking rude awakening

fucking psychopaths.

[AKing]

22. HaHaHa...Another know-it-all Repub congress critter embarasses herself

[Grins]

23. Bwahahahahaha! Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers did the same thing

...and it blew up in her face! Happened in 2015.

“This week marks the 5th anniversary of Obamacare being signed into law. Whether it’s turned your tax filing into a nightmare, you’re facing skyrocketing premiums, or your employer has reduced your work hours, I want to hear about it. Please share your story with me so that I can better understand the challenges you’re facing.”

She got 10,000 of those stories right back at her.

Seattle Times:

From the very first comment (“My story is that I once knew 7 people who couldn’t get health insurance, and now they all have it, thanks to the ACA …) to the 9,880th (“I was recently diagnosed with Fibromuscular Dysplasia and thanks to Obamacare, I know I won’t be dropped by my insurance carrier”)...All of which she ignored when she called for the total repeal of the law the next day.

Nationally, the sign-up rate for the adult Medicaid expansion is less than 4%; IN HER OWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT it was a whopping 15.5%!! And they re-elected this idiot. They voted against their own best interests! I can have empathy, but no sympathy for them.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mcmorris-rodgers-should-ask-hometown-folks-about-obamacare/

[riversedge]

25. showed she ignores her own people

[riversedge]

24. A REC for the morning crowd-to start the day on the fight foot.