Top House GOPer: Repeal Bill 'Has Not Been Sold Properly' To Voters

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published MARCH 22, 2017, 8:47 AM EDT

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), the chair of the House Rules Committee, on Wednesday morning said that issues in uniting the entire Republican caucus to behind the bill to repeal Obamacare stem from Republicans' failure to fully sell the legislation to voters.

Sessions made the comments on CNN when Chris Cuomo argued that President Donald Trump sometimes saying "things that aren't true" and Trump's unfamiliarity with policy is a "tough combo" as Republican leaders try to pitch the legislation to rank and file members of the House.

"It is a tough combo. And that's why we are where we are today. It could be this bill runs into problems as we get on the floor. But I think that people actually will realize this is the first part of the process. Not the end of it," Sessions said in response.

He then pivoted to talking about voters. "But members also are having problems with people back home, and that's the problem. It's the people back home who are being very vocal, who are in a lot of these conservative groups that do not understand the bill because it has not been sold properly to them. That's the real problem. Not the President. Not whether they do or don't want to vote," Sessions said. "The people back home are not sold on what we're doing yet, and that's partially my fault also. I’ve tried to take the time to explain to the American people why we're doing this, but we recognize it's back home voter, not Washington, D.C. voter."

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GOP Sen. Lee: House Leaders 'Don’t Have The Votes' To Pass Repeal Bill

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published MARCH 22, 2017, 7:04 AM EDT

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who opposes the bill pushed by House Republican leaders to repeal and replace Obamacare, on Tuesday evening said that the legislation will not pass in the House.

"I think they should cancel the vote because they don’t have the votes," Lee told Fox News.

House Republican leaders have said the bill will come up for a vote on the House floor on Thursday. But some conservatives in the House are still opposed to the bill, leaving it unclear whether House leaders actually have enough votes to pass the bill.

Lee told Fox News that Republicans should not unite behind the bill currently working its way through the House. "I don’t think this bill was what we promised. What we promised was, what we’ve been promising for seven years, is that if Republicans were given the chance to govern, we would repeal Obamacare root and branch. That’s not what this bill does, and that’s what we need to do. And that’s why I’m holding out for a vote that actually fulfills that promise," he said.

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[LonePirate]

1. Oh but it has. It's a huge tax cut for the rich and much more expensive health care for everyone.

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[Cosmocat]

10. They are so deranged

they can't even notice how horrible their thinking is when the open their mouths.

"We can't bullshit enough to get this passed. Fucking voters ..."

[Solly Mack]

2. Yeah, sure. That's the problem.

You keep telling yourself that.

[shraby]

3. If a piece of legislation needs to be "sold" to the voters using certain words and

techniques, that definitely means it's not a good piece of legislation FOR the voters.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. only true snake oil salesmen could sell it and only an ignorant public would buy it

[OnDoutside]

5. Not enough lipstick on the pig.

[Mz Pip]

6. Can't polish that turd.

Even slick marketing won't save it. The concept of personal liberty only goes so far.

[PoliticAverse]

7. "properly". n/t

[jpak]

8. They need to do more Town Halls then

lol

[turbinetree]

9. Hey dickhead Sessions & Lee, you make $174,000.00 a year being a worthless RW republican extremists

and guess what your both F***KING walking and talking right wing fascists DEATH PANEL, you f***ing hypocrites.

You can look human beings right in the eye while you are stabbing in the proverbial back and say that this is going to be good for you.

Just think your f***ing leader of your group (Eddie Munster / Paul Ryan has wet dreams on just hurting people) and other leader in the senate group ( Turtle he also thinks like his bud Eddie Munster) you and your ilk think it's just fine and dandy, to bankrupt human beings because some health company pays you money into your campaign funds, just to hurt people, you have no f***ing empathy, because your bills are paid for by the health industry through bribes and thru taxpayers that put you in office.

And has for the Lee right wing hypocrite, this is the same fascist that thinks its alrighty to give sacred Indigenous People land and public land to corporations to desecrate, just think, if he thinks that way, what do you really think he thinks about people wanting to have health care that will not bankrupt them -----------not much, he's another walking talking fascist republican DEATH PANEL


FU, again FU

[hatrack]

11. I remember this in 2008, and then again in 2012 . . . it's our MESSAGING!!!!

Not shitty candidates (McCain, Lady Blahblah, Rmoney, Eddie Munster), no, no!

Not shitty policies (same old refried warmed-over Reaganomics bullshit with tasty new Freedumb Sauce (tm)), no, no!

It's our messaging, because there's no reality so shitty that marketing can't make it palatable.

Keep on polishing that turd, Pete.

[WinkyDink]

12. They have always used this "argument": "People just don't understand. We need to explain better."

[WhiteTara]

13. They've had 6 years to sell this POS legislatioin

and the only thing they would come up with, is "I don't care and die quickly" we're giving money to our friends.

[JudyM]

14. Maybe the public hasn't properly sold you repukes on the extent of social welfare's importance to us

[kimbutgar]

15. It's hard to sell a repeal and replace $hit sandwich to voters

Especially when it hurts voters.

The sandwich still tastes like $hit.

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. But how do you sell a "health care" bill that actually denies insurance to 26 million citizens?

Bizzaro world

[not fooled]

17. Uh, you asshole, try this:

How about: "Americans don't want to die so that the mercers, anschutzes, and kochs of the world can pay less taxes"??

Is that simple enough for you?

[Kimchijeon]

18. No one wants to buy that shit sandwich

NO THANKS.

[TexasBushwhacker]

20. Exactly what I thought! n/t

[Vinca]

19. Their problem is that people do understand it.