Pence: 'I Hope' GOP Will Move Forward On Obamacare Repeal By End Of Year

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By ESME CRIBB Published APRIL 30, 2017 1:41 PM

Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said that he “hopes” Congress will have a health care bill on President Donald Trump’s desk by the end of the year, a far cry from Republicans’ original push to pass legislation within his now-elapsed first 100 days.

“We’re hopeful there’ll be action in the House of Representatives soon,” Pence said in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “I think health care reform, repealing and replacing Obamacare, is just around the corner.”

“How do you pass this thing?” Chuck Todd asked. “First, before I get to that, let’s begin with the fact that Obamacare has failed,” Pence deflected. “I mean, it literally is collapsing all across the country.”

“That is a very debatable point, Mr. Vice President,” Todd replied.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pence-trump-health-care-bill-by-end-of-year

[CountAllVotes]

1. Keep hoping Loser

With a bit of luck, you and your henchman will be history before the end of the year.

That RUSSIA word isn't do you any good at all Pence, none at all you traitor!

[Liberalagogo]

2. To Putz:

I hope you and every single member of the traitorous GOP are in jail by end of year.

But I'm not holding my breath.

[we can do it]

3. I hope you rot in prison, Penis.

[Zambero]

4. The Un-Health No-Care Bill

Yet, another I've-got-mine-so-there "moral Christian", going out of his way to make life miserable for millions less fortunate, while transferring billion$ to those who need it least. Pence and others like him might eventually have a bit of a problem getting their proverbial camels through the eye of that needle.

[CountAllVotes]

6. Pence claims to be a born-again Christian

and he was raised as a Catholic.

is a born-again Christian raised as a Catholic?

The only one I know of that fits this description is a greedy awhole greedy tRump supporter that has no idea what any form of religion is yet claims to be "born again" what the hell ever that means.

Best I can tell it = HYPOCRITE!!!

[Zambero]

7. Religion offers cover

Once someone persuades themselves that they are "moral and God-fearing", the facade goes up and the door is opened, enabling actions and deeds that real or imagined deities from most any professed religion would take exception to. Deeds indeed matter, but words are dirt cheap.

[CountAllVotes]

8. There is no such thing as a "born-again" Catholic

He's full of shit!

There is no such thing, believe me as I've been born and raised around the auspices of Catholicism!

[Bettie]

12. It means he was raised as a Catholic

and decided that evangelical Protestantism didn't have that messy "social justice" component and was overall, more mean-spirited.

So, he became an evangelical.

[CountAllVotes]

14. eh

He's a loser and nothing more hiding under the cloak of portended religion.

FUCK HIM. FUCK tRUMP!

[Bettie]

15. Haven't you noticed

that's what most evangelicals are these days?

They twist their supposed religious beliefs so that it appears (to them) to say that hate is a family value.

And yes, fuck him, fuck Trump....and all the fucking fuckheads who now hang out in the white house.

[onecaliberal]

5. I hope and pray that karma catches you and serves itself up immediately.

[pangaia]

9. That is a very debatable point, Mr. Vice President, Todd replied.

DON'T CALL HIM mr vice president you ass-licking little shit

[bucolic_frolic]

10. They don't want to admit

they can't do any better than Obamacare

[colbertforpresident]

11. Mike Pence

I hope that you are indicted by the end of the year.

[DownriverDem]

13. If there is a hell

repubs will be rotting there. It is immoral that the repubs have & still are jerking people around who are on ObamaCare & Medicaid expansion. Yes the rest of us will lose benefits too, but we will still have health insurance. I find it disgusting. How can they claim to be the Christian party with such hateful views? They clearly do not follow the Prince of Peace. They clearly do not follow the Sermon on the Mount. I am well above my frustration level. My country makes me so sad now.

[nini]

16. I hope Pence dies in a fire

Same result for him as those he's going to take healthcare away from don't you think?

[mdbl]

17. ME: "I hope Pence gets a horrible illness and doesn't have hospitalization"

basically that is what Pence said. What a pig!

[LuckyLib]

18. Chuck, when someone says "It is literally collapsing all across the country," and IT

IS NOT, your reply needs to be "That is not the case, that is not true." Stick it to them. That politeness is precisely why they get away with such ridiculous bullshit.

[The Wielding Truth]

21. Exactly.

[paleotn]

19. debatable point?

Just call bullshit, Todd. Just say..."Mr. Vice President, you know and I know that simply isn't true." See how easy that was?

[rpannier]

25. Remember

Pence was Bush II's treasury secretary and the failed ex-governor of Indiana
So, anything he says that's stupid and useless does not surprise me

[Turbineguy]

20. Yes, it's tough to wait

when you are itching to fuck over so many Americans.

[WinkyDink]

22. Wait; after we prevail in 2018, Trumpence will blame Democrats for not repealing our own law!

[still_one]

23. and this asshole considers himself a "christian"

[rpannier]

24. 2018 rolls around, no repeal

The loser occupying the White House will claim he said on the first day of the second year, I will repeal and replace Obamacare

[dalton99a]

26. Thanksgiving or Christmas would be ideal

and reflective of his "Christian" values

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. Pence, and every single deplorable person who thinks

the ACA should be repealed, need to be questioned repeatedly about exactly why they think it's a good (Christian?) thing to toss some 24 million people out of the plan, and why it's good that premiums and copays will skyrocket, that pre-existing conditions will no longer be covered. And so on. And they cannot be allowed to respond with platitudes, but must be held to specifics. And then, each and every one of them must be challenged to get off their protected plan and go into the open market.

Oh, and for all those who think that the minimum wage shouldn't be raised, or is already too high: Live on minimum wage for two years.

I actually have lived on minimum wage, but that was back in the distant past when the buying power of that minimum wage was significantly more than it is now. And even then, I could survive, and that was all. I could pay rent, buy food and clothing. I couldn't save anything. And I lived alone, so I wasn't trying to support a child or two. And this is also accounting for the fact that we expect to have more material things in our lives now: cell phones and computers are the two biggies. And I'm NOT saying that poor people should necessarily do without. I'm simply pointing out that what constitutes a basic life is very different these days from what it was 50 years ago.

Oh, and for all who complain about the cost of health care, who say that back in the day it didn't cost as much, well back in the day people died from things that are treatable now. The cost of health care is so high mainly because there is a lot more of it out there. Yes, the insurance companies skim a lot from the top. And yes, it may be that doctors are overpaid. But the bottom line is that all the technology and treatments and medications available are going to cost a whole lot more, even without any of the other stuff.

[0rganism]

28. day one! year one! term one! yeeeeaaaaaagh

c'mon Pence, pray for the miracle of removing sick people's health care, you can do it with God's Help!

[Skittles]

29. such a fine Christian

fucking asshole

[area51]

30. FU Pence.

“We’re hopeful there’ll be action in the House of Representatives soon,” Pence said....

Why, because it gives you a woody thinking of all the people who will die, those with and those without TrumpCare?

[bucolic_frolic]

31. Making America Rot From the Top

[Vinca]

32. Because what's more Christian than letting people die in the streets?