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MUST-READ: "These Americans beat Donald Trump and saved Obamacare. They say they can do it again"
From Daniel Dale at the Toronto Star:
https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/world/2017/08/06/these-americans-beat-donald-trump-and-saved-obamacare-they-say-they-can-do-it-again.html
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The next night, three Republican senators voted against the party’s last-ditch replacement proposal, and that was that.
In the end, it was an astonishing failure: the party that controls the presidency, the House and the Senate was unable to deliver on its signature campaign promise. And it was an astonishing success: regular people were a big reason why.
Facing odds that seemed insurmountable, thousands of average Americans threw themselves into action to protect Obamacare. Taking cues from the conservative Tea Party movement and from seasoned liberal organizers, the activist “resistance” helped to make repeal seem riskier than doing nothing at all.
They helped to save the insurance coverage of an estimated 16 million to 32 million people, likely preventing thousands of early deaths. They helped to deal a severe blow to President Donald Trump’s young administration. And they created a people-power playbook on how to stop Trump from doing anything significant through legislation.
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The next night, three Republican senators voted against the party’s last-ditch replacement proposal, and that was that.
In the end, it was an astonishing failure: the party that controls the presidency, the House and the Senate was unable to deliver on its signature campaign promise. And it was an astonishing success: regular people were a big reason why.
Facing odds that seemed insurmountable, thousands of average Americans threw themselves into action to protect Obamacare. Taking cues from the conservative Tea Party movement and from seasoned liberal organizers, the activist “resistance” helped to make repeal seem riskier than doing nothing at all.
They helped to save the insurance coverage of an estimated 16 million to 32 million people, likely preventing thousands of early deaths. They helped to deal a severe blow to President Donald Trump’s young administration. And they created a people-power playbook on how to stop Trump from doing anything significant through legislation.
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Long article, but worth reading in its entirety.
Found thanks to a tweet from the NYT's Alex Burns:
Link to tweet
