Why that woman who yelled at Florida Gov. Rick Scott should be your hero
The career of Rick Scott, Florida's Republican governor, has long been one of the outstanding mysteries of the nation's statehouses. He won his first race for governor in 2010, even though the hospital company he ran until being forced out in 1997, Columbia/HCA, had been accused of defrauding federal healthcare programs and paid $1.7 billion in fines, damages, and penalties, then the largest healthcare fraud settlement in U.S. history. He won reelection in 2014, despite amassing a politically retrograde position on healthcare issues at odds with his supposed expertise in the field.
'You don't care about working people -- you should be ashamed to show your face around here.' Cara Jennings gives Gov. Rick Scott both barrels. Scott hasn't supported Medicaid expansion for Florida under the Affordable Care Act, with the result that more than 560,000 Floridians who would have been covered with health insurance are left uninsured, according to an estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Only a few weeks ago, he signed an anti-Planned Parenthood law that could deprive thousands of women of healthcare from that organization.
That's what makes Scott's encounter Tuesday with a stay-at-home mom named Cara Jennings look so much like rough justice. A video of the encounter, which has gone viral, is below, and can also be seen here. It's rare that the average citizen gets a chance to tell a governor what she thinks, face-to-face. It's plain that Scott didn't know what hit him. In brief, Jennings calls Scott "an embarrassment to our state." That's the kindest thing she calls him (watch the video, but be careful about doing so at work).
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-florida-20160406-snap-htmlstory.html
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If she had done wrong, her name would have been plastered all over the place, yet she doesn't seem to have been exposed yet. Who is she? What's her name...why don't people know?? Doesn't that tell you a lot about how our media works?? "That woman"...is NOT enough.
Her name is Cara Jennings. Why isn't that name famous yet? 
Love that woman's spunk.
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Sent the video to my Miami sis and her family - they all saw it already and love it. 
Glad you're sharing it.
Florida folks should vote all those right wing jerks out!
Yes, she's one of my heroes too. Everyone who is aware and active and votes for expansion of medicaid and opportunities is a hero in my world too!
you are a Welfare recipient in the State of Florida You must be a Drug Addict if you are are a Civil Servant in the State of Florida (roll up your sleeve, Skeletor, and the State Legislature). You must be a Drug Addict in the State of Florida if you are collecting Unemployment. Hey, "wifey" needs more $$$ for "her" company.
Who is next? You must be a Drug Addict in the State of Florida if you are collecting Social Security and Medicare benefits????
Maybe he will rethink some things. At least we'd feel better.
My state elected a Medicare felon TWICE 
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...that she should have at least "respected the office.". This after they've done nothing but insult and demean President Obama for 8 years! 
PEACE! 
