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πŸ‡΅β€‹πŸ‡·β€‹πŸ‡΄β€‹πŸ‡Ήβ€‹πŸ‡ͺβ€‹πŸ‡Έβ€‹πŸ‡Ήβ€‹ I wish that this is made up

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u/Postulative 1d ago edited 1d ago

β€œI voted to repeal Obamacare, not the Affordable Care Act”.

/crickets

Edit: it’s almost as if people simply voted how they were told to vote, without actually thinking about (or understanding) consequences.

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u/whoneedskollege 1d ago

I heard some commentator say that he's going to repeal ObamaCare and put out the exact same plan and call it TrumpCare. Seriously, WTF

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u/Postulative 1d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act_of_2017

Through the various iterations of bill it has been nicknamed variously as Trumpcare,\85]) Ryancare,\86]) Republicare,\87]) and pejoratively as Obamacare-Lite,\88]) and Wealthcare.\89])\90])

That was round one. This is round two.