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Graham promises ObamaCare repeal if Trump, Republicans win in 2020
The Hill ^ | 08/08/19 | Jessie Hellmann

Posted on 08/08/2019 12:11:34 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said this week that Republicans would push to repeal ObamaCare if they win back the House and President Trump is reelected in 2020.

"If we can get the House back and keep our majority in the Senate, and President Trump wins reelection, I can promise you not only are we going to repeal ObamaCare, we're going to do it in a smart way where South Carolina will be the biggest winner," Graham said in an interview with a South Carolina radio station.

"We've got to remind people that we're not for ObamaCare."

Graham's repeal bill, introduced in 2017, would eliminate major sections of ObamaCare, including subsidies that help people buy insurance and the Medicaid expansion that covers low-income adults in 36 states and Washington, D.C.

The bill would essentially shift money from states like California that expanded Medicaid to states that didn't, like South Carolina. Such a move could force some states to cut health care services and reduce eligibility.

"If we could get the money back to the states, Democratic policies would be tested against our policies," Graham said.

"This scares the hell out of the Democrats. This is what 2020 is about."

Previous GOP attempts to repeal ObamaCare were a driving force in Democrats taking back the House in 2018 and the issue has also reemerged among 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls debating the best approach to health care.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has emphasized the need to shore up ObamaCare from attempts by Republicans and the Trump administration to dismantle the law, while several of his progressive rivals have focused on pushing policies such as "Medicare for All."

Democrats ran on protecting ObamaCare during the 2018 midterms and accused Republicans of trying to take away protections for those with pre-existing conditions.

House and Senate Democrats plan to follow the same playbook in 2020, as the Trump administration supports a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the entirety of ObamaCare.

As such, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has veered away from talking about repealing ObamaCare, instead focusing on smaller health care fixes.

Graham on Tuesday touted his bill, which would allow states to opt out of consumers protections, like those that prevent insurers from charging people with pre-existing conditions more for coverage.

Senate leaders decided in 2017 not to put Graham's repeal bill up for a vote because it didn't have enough support. Conservatives fumed that Republicans failed to repeal ObamaCare despite having a majority in both houses with a Republican president.

GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Rand Paul (Ky.) and the late Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) all opposed the bill. But Graham insists it would be different next time.

"We were one vote short in the Senate," Graham said.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Kentucky; US: Maine; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: abortion; arizona; graham; infanticide; johnmccain; kentucky; lindseygraham; maine; medicareforall; obamacare; randpaul; repealandreplace; southcarolina; susancollins; trump; trump2020
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh BS. Or maybe...

Right after Linda gets his Red Flag bill passed.

Traitor.


41 posted on 08/08/2019 12:58:21 PM PDT by moovova
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To: yesthatjallen

(Scratching his head), “That sounds familiar.”


42 posted on 08/08/2019 12:58:44 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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To: yesthatjallen

How many years has Gramnasty been in politics. What has he done to fix anything except favors for his buddy Juan McCain. We have heard promises for a very long time. Trump is the only one to have kept his!


43 posted on 08/08/2019 1:02:30 PM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Graham's repeal bill, introduced in 2017, would eliminate major sections of ObamaCare, including subsidies that help people buy insurance and the Medicaid expansion that covers low-income adults in 36 states and Washington, D.C. The bill would essentially shift money from states like California that expanded Medicaid to states that didn't, like South Carolina. Such a move could force some states to cut health care services and reduce eligibility... Senate leaders decided in 2017 not to put Graham's repeal bill up for a vote because it didn't have enough support. Conservatives fumed that Republicans failed to repeal ObamaCare despite having a majority in both houses with a Republican president. GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Rand Paul (Ky.) and the late Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) all opposed the bill.... "We were one vote short in the Senate," Graham said.
Thanks yesthatjallen.

44 posted on 08/08/2019 1:06:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: chris37

Mr. Graham, the GOP has ZERO CREDIBILITY on this. Your party is a bunch of stinking liars.

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Quite frankly, the GOP has no credibility on anything. I agree, they are a bunch of stinking, deceitful liars. The whole lot of them.


45 posted on 08/08/2019 1:11:06 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: yesthatjallen

Some Thread Music

"Oh Promise Me"
(youtube song link)

46 posted on 08/08/2019 1:11:19 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: moovova

Graham has also failed to do a single thing to investigate the treasonous bastards who plotted against Trump. He is a deceitful POS.


47 posted on 08/08/2019 1:12:58 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: yesthatjallen

Because THIS TIME they really, really mean it!

I am all for the Republicans retaking the House and holding on to the Senate. It is the only chance of getting anything done that the far left does not want. Also, I don’t want President Trump to spend his second term having to respond to dozens of democrat congressional committees trying to “investigate” everything he says and does.

But based on recent experience, my expectations for a Republican controlled Congress are very low. Maybe they will surprise me.

Either way, it would be better than the alternative of a democrat controlled Congress. Have you listened to democrats lately?


48 posted on 08/08/2019 1:16:11 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: yesthatjallen

He sure talks like McCain.


49 posted on 08/08/2019 1:18:23 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Starboard

You’re right, they don’t.

They are nothing more than a pack of liars.


50 posted on 08/08/2019 1:20:51 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh, does he double pinky swear this time? That changes everything!


51 posted on 08/08/2019 1:28:57 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: yesthatjallen

52 posted on 08/08/2019 1:30:39 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: yesthatjallen

Lots of critical comments about Graham from this. Whatever one thinks of Graham, you can be damn sure that if Repubs don’t win back the House and hold Senate and Presidency, Obamacare will NOT be repealed.


53 posted on 08/08/2019 1:31:57 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: All

I love you too Lindsey and your check is in the mail.

Believe we have been down this path a few times before.

Please quit with the promises. We will know it is done, when it is done. However, not many of “us” are holding our breaths’.


54 posted on 08/08/2019 1:32:34 PM PDT by ImpBill (Republicrats/Demicans ... A pox on both their houses!)
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To: Magnum44

It won’t be repealed either way. They already proved that to us when we handed them EVERY BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON A PLATTER.


55 posted on 08/08/2019 1:34:59 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Once again the ostrich attitude of sticking ones head in the sand will leave us with a lame duck president at best, and a socialist America at worst.

Vote conservative in primaries. Vote R in the general.


56 posted on 08/08/2019 1:40:03 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Magnum44

That’s pretty weak logic. Just because someone doesn’t believe this obvious lie by a proven liar does not mean they are not going to vote Republican.


57 posted on 08/08/2019 1:56:07 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

I don’t know that its a lie or not. I just know a good alternative to giving Trump the tools he needs (a repub congress) doesn’t exist. So we can bitch about the past all we want, so long as we stop shooting ourselves in the foot every election.


58 posted on 08/08/2019 2:00:42 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

We’ve already chased that moldy carrot too many times.


59 posted on 08/08/2019 2:09:01 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberals no longer glorify heroic deeds, They glorify whining that they call heroic)
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To: yesthatjallen

Ummm~... Haven’t they promised this for the last 47 election Cycles?


60 posted on 08/08/2019 2:18:01 PM PDT by Principled (No one will conquer America, from within or without, until its citizenry are disarmed.)
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