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BumRushDaShow

(162,006 posts)
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:19 PM 13 hrs ago

House Republicans' new plea to Speaker Johnson shows 'writing on the wall' for GOP: expert

Source: Raw Story

October 21, 2025 3:43PM ET


Eleven House Republicans signed onto a letter Tuesday calling for Speaker Mike Johnson to make a deal on the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, saying that their districts will suffer without them.

Reporting on the letter, MSNBC's Kevin Fry (sic) explained, "Quite frankly, they seem to see the writing on the wall, which Democrats are really hitting Republicans on for quite some time, that if these premiums start to skyrocket, which is what we're expecting them to do in the next couple of weeks, people get those notices in the mail."

The healthcare marketplace opens Nov. 1, when Americans will begin to see the higher prices for their premiums. Fry warned, "There could be some backlash."

"One of the things that Democrats quietly have said since the beginning of this shutdown fight is that, [at] the very least, changing the national conversation to really hone in on health care could be a winning message for them, because Democrats traditionally poll very well in that arena. Meanwhile, here on Capitol Hill, the push and pull, quite frankly, continues, where both sides are not really talking to each other, they're talking to themselves."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/republican-obamacare/



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House Republicans' new plea to Speaker Johnson shows 'writing on the wall' for GOP: expert (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago OP
Did any of those GOPigs vote for the bill? Autumn 13 hrs ago #1
Jump the tracks...... Red Mountain 12 hrs ago #2
these fucking repukes Skittles 12 hrs ago #3
As my momma used to say... Xipe Totec 10 hrs ago #4
📌 ❤️ Wow! I want this on a sign and a flag and a shirt. Thank you. littlemissmartypants 7 hrs ago #5

Red Mountain

(2,201 posts)
2. Jump the tracks......
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:37 PM
12 hrs ago

this is no longer about maintaining the status quo.....

Medicaid for all or bust.

Skittles

(168,201 posts)
3. these fucking repukes
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:38 PM
12 hrs ago

it's not imminent loss of health care insurance they care about, it's the expected backlash

fucking assholes

Xipe Totec

(44,411 posts)
4. As my momma used to say...
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:15 PM
10 hrs ago

And it's an old Mexican proverb:

They will learn what it feels like to worship Christ in Indian lands.

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