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Republicans Fear Victory for Health Care Could Pave Way for Education, Environment
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WASHINGTON The Supreme Courts decision to preserve Obamacare subsidies has drawn sharp rebukes from Republican Presidential hopefuls, who warn that the victory for health care might eventually pave the way for similar advances in education and the environment.
The Supreme Court has decided, apparently, that every American should have access to quality health care, said Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas). What if they decided to say the same thing about education? I dont mean to be an alarmist but, after today, I believe that anything is possible.
Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) also blasted the Court, telling reporters that a government that protects health care is one small, dangerous step away from protecting the environment.
The nightmare that I have long feared is now suddenly upon us, Paul said. Mark my words, we are on a slippery slope toward clean air and water.
On the campaign trail in Iowa, the former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee raised another doomsday scenario, telling his audience, If the Court thinks people should be allowed to see a doctor when they want, they probably also think that people should be able to marry anyone they want. My friends, that is not what God intended when He created America.
Speaking from New York, candidate Donald Trump offered his own scathing critique of the Supreme Court. You look at them in their robes, and you say, Those robes look freaking cheap, he said. When Im President, were getting more expensive robes.
By Andy Borowitz
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/republicans-fear-victory-for-health-care-could-pave-way-for-education-environment
riversedge
(70,478 posts)they had a slip of the old tongue. I know it is satire
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,509 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Sometimes the honest GOP jabberwacky, outdoes the satire!