When Trump was president, Republicans fought to repeal the health insurance program.

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance claimed Tuesday night — in contradiction of history — that his running mate, former President Donald Trump, “salvaged Obamacare,” the health insurance program that Trump tried to kill.

During the vice presidential debate on CBS against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vance, a senator from Ohio, echoed Trump’s own recent revisionism. But the assertion also served to remind voters that Democrats ultimately won the yearslong political fight over expanding access to health insurance: The Republican ticket no longer wants to repeal the 2010 law.


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It was interesting, but not surprising, that he said both that Obamacare was a failure, and that they would protect all the parts of it that people enjoy.

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I liked “we don’t need Obamacare because we have legislation protecting people with preexisting conditions”

Yeah, that would be Obamacare.

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Obamacare and the ACA is just the Hannah Montana of Republican healthcare policy. They are running on getting rid of the singer but promising to keep the Miley around. I’m high so I’ll stop now

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…what you do high they do stone sober. With a lawyer in the room to make sure they are on solid ground.

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I like the way your stoned ass thinks lol

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tbf, them taking responsibility for other people’s accomplishments has gotten fairly common in recent years. They need to be able to show something to their voters asides tax cuts for the rich, half-built walls and bans of Muslims entering the country that get struck down in court. So why not steal credit for other people’s successes?

Btw, did you all know that I’m actually the lead dev of Mastadon? Yep, it was just some barely-running service before I came along, and I got it fixed right up. Look at how good my project is doing! I’m just the greatest, aren’t I?

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Didn’t John McCain famously save it by breaking off to vote with Dems against Trumps wishes?

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Yup. Plus Trump tried to repeal it on day one through executive order because he doesn’t know how anything works.

Walz pointed out both of these last night.

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Trump was just stress-testing it, see, he helped!

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Yup. Right before his passing a few months later.

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Yes, but shortly after he cast his vote to end the individual mandate, causing less people to be insured and costs to rise.

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Yeah. Tim Walz mentioned that in the debate.

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Yeah. And then MAGA threatened to kill him for it afterwards. Totally normal people that lot

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Don’t they have a concept of a plan? Rolls eyes

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