Chuck Grassley says he voted for insulin reduction -- but videos show him voting 'no'

[riversedge]

Source: raw story



Sarah K. Burris August 07, 2022


Republican Senator Chuck Grassley (IA) tweeted on Sunday during the debate over a component in the Inflation Reduction Act that would put a cap on the cost of insulin to $35.

In the United States, insulin costs over $98 per unit, whereas the rest of the world it costs less than $10. The medication keeps many people alive.

But when Grassley took to Twitter he said that he voted to support insulin and that it was Democrats who eliminated it from the bill...........................


Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/chuck-grassley-insulin-vote/

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umm.. @chuckGrassley, #Repug, #IOWA is a Bigly #Liar just like his boss #Trump.



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Senate fails to get 60 votes to include insulin cap in Inflation Reduction Act. It will now be removed from the bill. All 50 Democrats voted for inclusion along with 7 Republicans (Cassidy, Collins, Hawley, Hyde-Smith, Kennedy, Murkowski, Sullivan).

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I voted 2 make insulin available 4 pennies on the dollar 2 uninsured & w high deductible plans but Dems blocked it

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[DemocraticPatriot]

1. Can Republicans ever NOT lie ??!!

And nowadays, they make lies that can be so easily disproven....


"All Republicans are liars", I used to say to a former girlfriend's children...
I hope they pay enough attention to current events to remember that now....


And VOTE!!!!

[TheBlackAdder]

15. Weren't He & Palin the ORIGINAL DEATH PANEL BULLSHITTERS that scared people away from EOL Planning?

[paleotn]

20. It's the only way they can get elected and reelected.

Watch Johnson (Nut-WI) and "Skeletor" (Nut-FL) say they never uttered a single word about killing SS and Medicare.

[Casady1]

2. In Grassley's defense

he had no idea where he was today.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Good information in this op.

Thank you!

[Marthe48]

4. bet they missed their crazy old uncle at the reunion

not.

[cutroot]

5. I reported it as misinformation on twitter

I hope that others do the same

[riversedge]

9. oh my. I forgot we can do that. thanks. going back

[JT45242]

6. And yet the morons in my adopted state will likely reelect this asshat

This should be one of several ads...

On roe v Wade...Grassley votes no

On gay marriage, Grassley votes no

On contraception... Grassley votes no

On affordable insulin... Grassley votes no

On a maximum prescription cost of $2000 for year... Grassley votes no

On extending the child tax credit... Grassley votes no

On giving a trillion dollar tax cut to the wealthiest one percent, most of whom do not live in Iowa... Grassley votes yes

[riversedge]

10. typical Repug voting record.

[orleans]

14. "mr. grassley, mr. grassley 'no'"

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[PatSeg]

35. And it isn't just that he lied

He is basically saying his constituents are so stupid, he can say anything and they'll believe him.

[musclecar6]

19. That

Guy, along with TFFG and virtually all republicans with very few notable exceptions like liz Cheney, couldn’t tell the truth if their life depended on it. They are all the model of the conning, Lying and cheating car salespeople ( not all car sales people operate that way, just the vast majority do).

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Snake in the Grassley. GOP are pathological liars all.

[kimbutgar]

8. Maybe Chuck has the beginnings of dementia and should retire if he can't vote the way he says

he did! 88 is pretty old to be in office. I’m not an ageist but 88 is old.

I’m 66 and I think I’m old!

[peppertree]

17. Assley may have gone 'round the bend for most things - but when it comes to money and power

he's still an evil genius.

[SouthernDem4ever]

28. no he's not

his voters are a bunch of dumbasses

[peppertree]

30. Good point

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Old Spanish saying (maybe Greek).

[dalton99a]

11. Fucking liar

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Interesting: compare the voters with the top 10 states for insulin dependent diabetics.

1. WVA 1 Senator voted no
2. AL Both voted no
3. MS 1 Senator voted no
4. LA Both voted yes!!!!
5. TN Both voted no
6. SC Both voted no
7. AR Both voted no
8. KY Both voted no
9. OK Both voted no
9. TX Both voted no


TX and OK are tied at 9th. place

[sop]

22. I'm surprised Florida isn't on that list, what with all the retired people we have.

[33taw]

13. The screen shot of the list is incomplete.

[littlemissmartypants]

18. No just not fully visible. I posted as the full graphic here...

❤ pants

[peppertree]

16. Dear Chuck ASSley:

Besides being a dirt-poor sharecropper in your next life (probably in a 3rd world country), you'll be diabetic too.

[SouthernDem4ever]

21. Lying is a republican necessity

how long are their really stupid supporters going to fall for it?

[sop]

23. For as long as FOX News continues lying to them.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. And the GOP projects their senile most senior member's lapses onto Biden?

It's not like his vote isn't also included in the roll call.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00314.htm

Question: On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Amendment No. 5194, Insulin )

NAYs ---43

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

(GOP voting for it)

YEAs ---57

Cassidy (R-LA)
Collins (R-ME)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Sullivan (R-AK)

[moniss]

25. Sadly

where he is from the typical supporter won't go against the ag freebies he brings them no matter what kind of awful person he is.

[dflprincess]

26. Video of Grassley voting no

would make a great campaign ad.

[C Moon]

27. The cost of insulin caused my friend's older brother to lose his foot...

then his life (I think part of his leg, too).
He just couldn't afford it, so he'd only take it when he could.
He worked full time as a store manager, so he wasn't living in poverty.

[SunSeeker]

31. Horrifying. How can this be America?

[Cha]

29. Fucking Lying Snake in the

Grassley!

[Captain Zero]

32. I'm confused. Grassley IS NOT a NAY on that list. However

even if he did vote for it, it failed because it did not get two thirds in the vote for giving the benefit to those under 65.

In the vote for giving it to those on Medicare, over 65, it succeeded because it only needed majority due to reconciliation.

So the Democrats did not vote it down in either instance, but Grassley only voted for it for those over 65? Correct? No he didn't because that was a tie vote broken by Kamala Harris, so all Repubs had voted against that


I'm going back to look at that voting list again. It was only one of two votes.
Oh so someone here posted a truncated list. I give up trying to understand.

But I think Grassley had to vote against it in both instances. So yes HE LIES, BLATANTLY.

[Emile]

33. Is this type of behavior what republicans call

owning the lib's?

[oasis]

34. Grassley's been a lying slimy rat for most of his political career.

[IronLionZion]

36. Grassley should wear a cute outfit and do a little dance Sinema style

Dude is lying and thinks he can hoodwink his constituents. Iowa should vote him out. I bet plenty of them need insulin.

[Mysterian]

37. I suppose a lot of people in Iowa like being lied to

They keep voting for this piece of garbage.

[Botany]

38. Sorry Chuck but

[Picaro]

39. Republican Liar

Republicans do this all the time. Vote down measures that would positively impact their constituents and then lie about it.

This is the entire Republican schtick. Don't tell the voters what you actually are going to do because if word got out that Republicans are against anything that would help the average person then they might lose even more elections.

We're saddled with a minority government due to extreme gerrymandering.

The next step is make citizen's votes superfluous.

Republicans find anything that resembles a democracy in which they don't have complete power to be very inconvenient.